Wasted

by Aiden Shaw

Former porn star Aiden Shaw, author of the hugely successful memoir My Undoing, continues his experimental forays into fiction with Wasted, the third in a trilogy that began with Boundaries and continued with Brutal: Uncut. His latest is another furiously hedonistic romp teeming with lurid sex scenes and Herculean feats of substance abuse. Set in the dizzying whirl of London’s gay nightclubs, the story reintroduces us to professional disco dollies David, Joe, Ryan and the increasingly troubled Flora, the characters you came to love (to hate) in his first two books.

A fitting climax to this turgid trilogy, Wasted bursts with bitchy repartee, vibrant misanthropy and characters in search of the cheapest thrills imaginable!

Genres: Fiction, Gay, Gay Fiction, Queer

311 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

A British author, musician, model and former gay porn star.

Reviews

[Bert · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half of the book was great, and is set up to be a pretty terrific story, however, the second half is let down by repetitive plotting and direction. Probably the most well written of Aiden Shaw’s 3 novels but I feel it’s a case of what could’ve been.

[Ray Quirolgico · Rating 3 out of 5]

A dark and sad ride through some dark alleys and wild scenes that titillates and tantalizes but always feels a bit distant (and maybe happily so).

[Jimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aiden Shaw continues to grow as an author, and perfects his writing, as everything comes haunting back in the third of his novels Wasted. Along with his always great ability to write good dialogue between characters, his novel gives us a conflict of the disturbing taboo of incest and a potential pedophile, it deals with living with being a victim of rape, and Aiden Shaw continues to do a great job of creating good HIV characters.
Wasted is another incredibly dark book filled with love and emotional highs and lows, (just like his previous two novels), until about two-thirds the way through. He lost me in the new direction the story seems to be taking. I didn’t like reading about anything good however insignificant happening in any shape, way, or form to Flora after I read Boundaries. For me, the entire essence/feel of the book changed. I would have preferred for the novel to end after chapter seventeen. In the author’s defense, the actual ending was climatic, jaw-dropping, and a horrific end that left me eager for more, for a fourth novel. It’s an ending that I’m glad is there, and fits perfectly with Aiden Shaw’s writing. The story needed to end the way the author intended.
Overall, with some editing and a publisher who can print a book without so many spelling and grammar errors, this book was really good.

[Joseph · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book had zero literary value. on the contrary to his other books, aiden shaw completely missed the mark on this one. it was a painful read, the plot was nonexistent, and it seemed contrived. the editor of this book should be dragged out and slapped around a bit. there were large segments of the book where there was dialogue between many people, and no indication of who was saying what. i honestly felt that this was a poor work of fiction by a man that usually writes well.
the only reason why i finished this book was because i had nothing else to read for the time being and hate the thought of starting . . . and not finishing the book.

[Levi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Absolute trash fueled by bare torso's and cheap whiz, but a guilty pleasure I'll read again

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it, once i started reading it i just couldnt stop