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 2000.
Yet, this is not the typical adult film memoir, where stars drop names and titillate readers with explicit moments. Although My Undoing shares in unsparing detail all the hot stories about the sex and drugs that fueled Aiden's life, it more profoundly follows him through a course of rocky and unfulfilling relationships. As Aiden eloquently and often humorously points out, the romantic life of an adult film superstar is sometimes lonely and lacking in love. But not love only in the form of a relationship, rather also love from within himself. The book is equally moving for his revelations about his Irish Catholic family, his Positive HIV status in the sex industry, and his recovery from a near fatal car accident that left him temporarily paralyzed.
This is a very shallow book on a life that appears to have been completely wasted. I originally purchased this book because of the sex cover, and I've been a fan of Aiden Shaw.
Until now, that is. This lends creedance to that old saying of shut up and look pretty. For me I've like Aiden Shaw, while he was in his many porn videos. But once I attempted to read through his book, I dicovered that there's not that much beneath the surface of this handsome man.
It is a shame, and a little bit of a pity, that Shaw's whole life revolves around drugs and sex. I was alittle surprise how Shaw view the johns, who seem to support him through his escort services.
I think that they are only paying him for his looks, and not any converstation which would be over Shaw's head. I did get a few laughs, mainly how Shaw believes that he and his friends live a truely liberated and artistic life. Overall, I would recommend skipping this book. Unless you find it in your local library, donated by someone like myself.
A life wasted
