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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
Yess! Even more out there than the first part but mostly in a good way.
A satisfying read to tie up some loose ends after season 3 ended. Just like Gordon Cole, many of us fans want to be brought "up to date on the stories of many of the town's residents... over the intervening decades" between the events presented in the archivist's dossier, [b: The Secret History of Twin Peaks,] and those that make up season 3 of the show. I thought the surprise ending was a fantastic Twin Peaks touch.
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
While I LOVED TP: The Secret History, The Final Dossier seemed silly and redundant. Towards the end, it did clarify a very few things that a viewer of the most recent part of the series may have guessed at but overall, it provided information (in a slightly annoying voice) that anyone paying attention during the series would have already observed and understood.
adventurous
informative
tense
fast-paced
Were you disappointed when The Secret History Of Twin Peaks failed to catch you up on what's been going on in the town for the last twenty five years? Yeah, me too.
In retrospect it made sense, so when I watched the 'Limited Event Series' it was a surprise everytime an old character popped up, rather than having their fates spoiled by a book beforehand.
Now that the dust has settled and the fates of these characters is known (or remains to be unknown), this follow-up book is a recap of sorts of the series as well as a bridge between the finale of season two and the start of season three.
It should also be stressed that this book is for those who have finished season three as there are some fairly massive spoilers within.
Rather than the first book's collection of reports, newspaper articles and notes taken by Agent Preston, this is a final report compiled by her for reading by Deputy Director Cole as a way of catching him up on the events in Twin Peaks.
While I enjoyed the first volume, I appreciate this one more as a means of filling in some gaps. Now as ever with anything David Lynch is involved in there are still many unanswered questions, but it will bring some closure for viewers who continue to wonder what happened between seasons for some of the characters.
In retrospect it made sense, so when I watched the 'Limited Event Series' it was a surprise everytime an old character popped up, rather than having their fates spoiled by a book beforehand.
Now that the dust has settled and the fates of these characters is known (or remains to be unknown), this follow-up book is a recap of sorts of the series as well as a bridge between the finale of season two and the start of season three.
It should also be stressed that this book is for those who have finished season three as there are some fairly massive spoilers within.
Rather than the first book's collection of reports, newspaper articles and notes taken by Agent Preston, this is a final report compiled by her for reading by Deputy Director Cole as a way of catching him up on the events in Twin Peaks.
While I enjoyed the first volume, I appreciate this one more as a means of filling in some gaps. Now as ever with anything David Lynch is involved in there are still many unanswered questions, but it will bring some closure for viewers who continue to wonder what happened between seasons for some of the characters.
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
I actually was a bit disappointed by this one, compared to the Secret History of Twin Peaks. I was expecting more of the same, and enjoyed the other book’s mixed media and photos and notes and different tones and authors and the general mystery. This was all pretty bland by comparison, just the one agent writing in common typeface, with a periodic double spread still image from the show’s third season in what seemed an attempt to break up the otherwise kind of monotonous writing. The photos didn’t show anything we hadn’t seen or add anything really. The writing rambled and many times it would say the chapter was about X character but would then spend more time talking about Y character, or go off on tangents and never really close out on the person who was on the title of the chapter. We did get some answers and retconning of things that had cause issues in Frost’s other novelization, and some clarity about how to read the ending of season three of Twin Peaks, but this was a less enjoyable read than The Secret History of Twin Peaks. Not really sure I needed to read this one, and I probably only finished because I’m a completionist and once I start something I need to consume all the media related to it. But finishing this book means I have done just that, so now I can rewatch the show with a new appreciation for some of the details, and then put that show to bed for the time being.
30% blank pages and title pages, another 20% telling us what we already know, and the rest a bunch of inconsequential cold, hard facts about the residents of Twin Peaks. Totally pointless, didn't offer any meaningful new information, let alone answers, this book was a real piece of shit. I think it exposes the 3rd season as having a very thin premise, couched in a bunch of meaningless and minor mysteries.