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My Undoing: Love in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution
by
Aiden Shaw
For the first time, porn legend Aiden Shaw takes fans behind-the-scenes to the gay adult film world that made him a star. My Undoing ventures from locales such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and London, to the sets of premiere studios like Falcon, Catalina, and Studio 200. Yet, this is not the typical adult film memoir, where stars drop names and titillate reader...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
May 24th 2006
by Running Press
(first published May 23rd 2006)
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I love biographies. In Shaw's, he escapes what pop stars, porn stars, heiresses and other often self-important people do in autobiographies, which is, take as a given how interesting they are. As a result, there is a great deal of sincerity in the book, particularly as he discusses his securities, and doing so without self-indulgence. Though very much an able writer who writes with tremendous clarity, what the manuscript needs is just a little more depth in Shaw's self-reflection or rather, some...more
An uninteresting, poorly constructed glorifcation of a life that shouldn't be glorified at all. Nothing but blatant name-dropping, casual sex, and rampant drug consumption without any self, social or moral exploration. I don't decry the life of a porn star, of a sexual deviant, of a drug addict - I love porn, sex and drugs - but there's nothing here but a rambling timeline. The narrative was non-existant, the growth was minimal, and the overall impact was nil.
To take it a step fur...more
To take it a step fur...more
this book gives an interesting snapshot of what it's like to be an hiv+ pornstar who uses drugs nonstop. i always wondered what it was like to "have everything." and from reading the book it seems that having everything is synonymous with being somewhat vapid. i don't mean that in an insulting way. it was a great picture of the type of life one leads doing this type of work.
that being said, it was interesting to see that aiden did have some moments where he realized that som...more
that being said, it was interesting to see that aiden did have some moments where he realized that som...more
Another book I read for the bookclub. I was interested to read something he wrote when I heard he was writing. I will admit I had a crush on him when I was younger and was watching his porn videos. To hear of his background and what he did with his education was just sad. Most men you read or hear got into porn did it because they were trying to escape a terrible childhood or physical abuse by a parent. He had quite a few opportunities and yet seemed to throw them all away for drugs. I don't kno...more
I gave this book two stars because the writing isn't all that great, though it is better than you would expect considering. The content, however, is interesting. It is shocking, sad and a bit surreal. It's the stuff of a movie, but it is real. Shaw gives the reader a glimpse into his life as a gay porn star, a life packed with lots of sex and lots of drugs. Sometimes it was a little difficult for me to believe that I was reading a true account of someone's life. This definitely isn't the h...more
I recently finished reading Aiden Shaw's autobiography - though I am rather skeptical about how much of this is factual information considering the rampant amount of drug he reports would leave anyone bereft of a memory - My Undoing: Love in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution. Given the amount I read, it really is quite remarkable that this particular work has left me mulling over its content for quite sometime.
I should preface my rant by stating that I read more ...more
I should preface my rant by stating that I read more ...more
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Ok, I'm not one of those people who go crazy or rave about a gay porn star, especially if they're well-endowed. Ask me who is Tom Chase or Chad Hunt and I'll be blinking my clueless eyes.
Anyways, what led me to buy this memoir of Aidan Shaw and waste my time, I have no idea and I don't think I'll get those wasted hours back. I think I got this book because I had read Shaw's books before. So, I thought that his memoir would be interest...more
Ok, I'm not one of those people who go crazy or rave about a gay porn star, especially if they're well-endowed. Ask me who is Tom Chase or Chad Hunt and I'll be blinking my clueless eyes.
Anyways, what led me to buy this memoir of Aidan Shaw and waste my time, I have no idea and I don't think I'll get those wasted hours back. I think I got this book because I had read Shaw's books before. So, I thought that his memoir would be interest...more
I enjoyed Shaw's book because it resonates on every single page. After about 40 pages I got a kick out of his complete and profound narcisissm because I have yet to meet a porn star who ISN'T totally self-absorbed. But the truth of sex, love and gay men is apparent on every page.
I wish all authors of M/M would read this author's books. He runs the gamut from great reviews to poor. I would have given him a five except at the end, I am not in love with him...he is hard to like but equally, h...more
I wish all authors of M/M would read this author's books. He runs the gamut from great reviews to poor. I would have given him a five except at the end, I am not in love with him...he is hard to like but equally, h...more
AWFUL.
I thought it would be interesting to read "the life of a porn star" but this was awfully written and incoherent. Shaw is vapid and boring - at least in his book.
I thought it would be interesting to read "the life of a porn star" but this was awfully written and incoherent. Shaw is vapid and boring - at least in his book.
pass! despite my love for the person who gifted it to me, i didn't get much out of this book. so this ex porn star and hustler starts having these realizations like "you know, maybe life isn't all about sex and drugs," all the while continuing to make the same choices over and over, including the scintillating photo of himself on the cover. i want to respect his process, and he was probably really hurt growing up (i don't remember if he discussed his childhood sitch), but he seems t...more
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Should have known this would be a train wreck....and not in a good way.
I guess after so many chapters it just got too numbing to see how much drugs and sex one person can really have over the course of a year; while also reading everyone else is doing it to and in the end he still doesn't understand the messed up decision he returns to. Meh! I might have believed it more if it were fiction.
Life in porn is tough, brutal and kind of stupid. But Shaw is a surprisingly honest writer and critic of himself. It's an interesting, quick read.
a cheesy unapologetic memoir ...
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