Entirely too short, imo, but I'm grateful that Tom shared these stories with us. Having grown up on Harry Potter, I always wondered what the lives of the actors and actresses my age was like--was it magical, were they waited on hand and foot, did they have it all easy long after the films wrapped up? And not surprisingly (at least for Tom), they were still kids like us. They goofed around, gave the grown-ups a hard time, learned lessons the hard way, and had crushes on their peers.

I especially loved how he described Jason Isaacs as someone who could switch in and out of character so fast, how Alan Rickman (RIP) was a formidable actor whose cape was not to be tread on, and how goofy and friendly Robbie Coltrane (RIP) was.

Dramione fans might rejoice at the juicy chapter about Emma, and how he confirms that yes, she is the Duck he's gone on and on about in his songs. Would've been nice if she had recorded her foreword for the audiobook. :P

But it's not all fun and magical in this book. Towards the end, when Tom recounted his intervention, escape from rehab, and his journey back to LA through the kindness of three strangers (or his Three Kings), I felt sad. Because I know it's hard to talk about mental health, to recognize and accept that you might need help. Here he was, a millionaire, hitchhiking his way home. "Are you a rich man?", the Indian man, his first King had asked, and it must have been sobering to realize the answer to that question.

We regular folk have this romanticized version of celebrity--that it's always going to be glamorous and easy, and if a rich person has problems, how dare they? We forget that they are humans, too, and despite being surrounded by yes men and money, depression and loneliness and addiction don't discriminate. You can't buy happiness. I can't imagine how much harder it is to deal with mental health and struggle with sobriety when you're constantly in the spotlight, when the whispers of a rehab stint could color you differently in the eyes of the masses. I commend Tom for sharing this private tidbit of his life with us. This was a great audiobook to listen to during my work day.