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A review by davramlocke
Spent by Joe Matt
4.0
I have never read a book, comic or otherwise, with as much raw, unfettered honesty as is within the pages of Spent. Joe Matt relates a very short span of his own like that delves into the deepest, most disturbing parts of his own mind, and it's like watching a train derail and come spiraling in through the kitchen window.
The title implies the subject matter. Spent refers to the feeling Matt has after he's pleasured himself. He boast an addiction to pornography second to none, and spares the reader nothing in describing every minute detail of his particular habit. It's frightening to read, but also astonishing and in many ways wonderful. He claims at one point in the book to lack self-awareness, but here is a man who, unlike millions or billions of other men, is not lying to himself. He may not have his head on completely straight, but he's honest. Whether or not that makes him happy is the dispute of the story.
This is a book I would not recommend to just anyone, but for anyone wishing to peer into the dark room of a chronic masturbater, or even for someone who needs to look in a mirror and see a warped reflection of their own habits, this is something worth reading.
The title implies the subject matter. Spent refers to the feeling Matt has after he's pleasured himself. He boast an addiction to pornography second to none, and spares the reader nothing in describing every minute detail of his particular habit. It's frightening to read, but also astonishing and in many ways wonderful. He claims at one point in the book to lack self-awareness, but here is a man who, unlike millions or billions of other men, is not lying to himself. He may not have his head on completely straight, but he's honest. Whether or not that makes him happy is the dispute of the story.
This is a book I would not recommend to just anyone, but for anyone wishing to peer into the dark room of a chronic masturbater, or even for someone who needs to look in a mirror and see a warped reflection of their own habits, this is something worth reading.