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A review by explodinghead
The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
3.0
Second Review:
I can't believe it's been 7 years since this came out! I'm doing a rewatch of Twin Peaks, and this book comes after my Fire Walk With Me rewatch and before the Season 3 journey. I'll admit I liked it less this time around, in large part because the central mystery -- who assembled the dossier -- just isn't that fun/interesting when you know the answer. The epistolary format is fun, but (1) a whole lot of Doug Milford stuff which *no one* was asking for, out of all characters, and (2) the voices kinda run together which is disappointing. I remember that being a problem in THE FINAL DOSSIER too. But anyways: the book is fun because it's a genuinely neat object. Cool newspaper recreations, hand-written letters, transcribed interviews and so on. Kept thinking about Mark Frost handing this to David Lynch, and Lynch being polite with a "oh thanks Mark, that's so cool", and then just never reading it.
First Review:
Fun! Certainly not life-changing literature, but this book serves as cool glimpse into some of the backstories of Twin Peaks' characters. I got this thinking that it would be a tell-all or oral history of the making of Twin Peaks (I'm not a smart man // didn't look at the back of the book), but was pleasantly surprised by this enjoyable, quick, interesting diversion.
Recommended highly for fans of the show.
I can't believe it's been 7 years since this came out! I'm doing a rewatch of Twin Peaks, and this book comes after my Fire Walk With Me rewatch and before the Season 3 journey. I'll admit I liked it less this time around, in large part because the central mystery -- who assembled the dossier -- just isn't that fun/interesting when you know the answer. The epistolary format is fun, but (1) a whole lot of Doug Milford stuff which *no one* was asking for, out of all characters, and (2) the voices kinda run together which is disappointing. I remember that being a problem in THE FINAL DOSSIER too. But anyways: the book is fun because it's a genuinely neat object. Cool newspaper recreations, hand-written letters, transcribed interviews and so on. Kept thinking about Mark Frost handing this to David Lynch, and Lynch being polite with a "oh thanks Mark, that's so cool", and then just never reading it.
First Review:
Fun! Certainly not life-changing literature, but this book serves as cool glimpse into some of the backstories of Twin Peaks' characters. I got this thinking that it would be a tell-all or oral history of the making of Twin Peaks (I'm not a smart man // didn't look at the back of the book), but was pleasantly surprised by this enjoyable, quick, interesting diversion.
Recommended highly for fans of the show.