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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
This book follows the life of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper through his tape recordings, starting at Christmas 1967 when he receives his first tape recorder, until he is sent to find out who killed Laura Palmer in the town of Twin Peaks. The writer was Scott Frost, brother of co-creator Mark Frost and writer of two episodes of the series.
Sadly, I found the book to be something of a let down and definitely a book of two halves.
The first half of the book deals with Dale Cooper's adolescence and his strange and rather tragic journey to adulthood. To be perfectly honest, aside from his fascination with investigating "mysteries"just what does go on in the girls-only sex ed class and what are that gang of young hoodlums up to at the end of the street and his constant recording of his thoughts and findings, it didn't really feel like I was reading about any version of Dale Cooper at all. The intimation that he had been singled out by BOB from afar, through his mother, was stretching credibility a bit, especially when there was no hint to it in the show at all (and Lynch wisely didn't pick up the plot line when he filmed the movie). It read too much like there was a lot of conflict added just to make Young Coop seem interesting and to give him a greater character arc before we get to Agent Cooper, but when all the changes happen off screen during some missing years, it really doesn't have the effect that it should.
However, once Cooper returns from his mysterious time abroad and enters the FBI, Scott hits his stride and it begins to feel like the Coop we know and love. Indeed, his arc in this half of the book, taking him from inexperienced cadet finding his place in the world and in the Bureau to fully fledged Agent working with Windom Earle and then the DEA, is well written and more in keeping with the feel of the show than the first half.
My favourite part of the book was when the time came to read the first entry addressed to Diane. I suspect that I am not the only one who could not resist reading that entry aloud in a Coop-esque manner!
To conclude, it is worth a read through as there is a lot to like. To quote Coop, it does take the reader on the journey to somewhere "both wonderful and strange". It is, in this readers opinion however, merely a curio and not an essential part of the Twin Peaks experience.
Sadly, I found the book to be something of a let down and definitely a book of two halves.
The first half of the book deals with Dale Cooper's adolescence and his strange and rather tragic journey to adulthood. To be perfectly honest, aside from his fascination with investigating "mysteries"
However, once Cooper returns from his mysterious time abroad and enters the FBI, Scott hits his stride and it begins to feel like the Coop we know and love. Indeed, his arc in this half of the book, taking him from inexperienced cadet finding his place in the world and in the Bureau to fully fledged Agent working with Windom Earle and then the DEA, is well written and more in keeping with the feel of the show than the first half.
My favourite part of the book was when the time came to read the first entry addressed to Diane. I suspect that I am not the only one who could not resist reading that entry aloud in a Coop-esque manner!
To conclude, it is worth a read through as there is a lot to like. To quote Coop, it does take the reader on the journey to somewhere "both wonderful and strange". It is, in this readers opinion however, merely a curio and not an essential part of the Twin Peaks experience.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
written evidence supports the theory that dale cooper fucks
As a tie-in with the superbly weird TV show Twin Peaks, this book goes over the life of Agent Cooper from his youth when he receives his first tape recorder for Christmas until he is called to Twin Peaks to investigate a murder. I love this character and feel like he was criminally underused in the prequel film Fire Walk With Me, so I fully enjoyed this. It’s so easy to hear the whole thing in Kyle MacLachlan’s voice (even the parts featuring young Dale). Like other Twin Peaks tie-in books, you really need to have watched the original series before reading this. It was published a year before Fire Walk With Me came out, which accounts for the differences in Theresa Banks’ murder investigation between the book and the movie. It’s a fun little book and if you’re a Twin Peaks die-hard, it’s well worth seeking out.
You know, I actually really enjoyed this. It's fucking WEIRD in certain parts, but hey, that's what Agent Cooper's all about right? His voice is so clear in these transcriptions, even as a kid, which is great and can also be tough for an author to nail down, I think.
This is definitely not a book that someone would enjoy without watching Twin Peaks first, of course, because without the show you have no frame of reference for anything. They're just Cooper's tapes, written out longhand. There's a LOT missing from them. But I'm sure any Twin Peaks fan will enjoy reading through at least parts of this book!
This is definitely not a book that someone would enjoy without watching Twin Peaks first, of course, because without the show you have no frame of reference for anything. They're just Cooper's tapes, written out longhand. There's a LOT missing from them. But I'm sure any Twin Peaks fan will enjoy reading through at least parts of this book!