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veelaughtland 's review for:
The Secret History of Twin Peaks
by Mark Frost
I really like these kinds of mixed media books, and I am a massive Twin Peaks fan to boot. So obviously I was going to enjoy this on some level. But it's a strange one at the same time - not surprising given the universe and mind it's been born from, but also because it doesn't really deal all that much with the town of Twin Peaks itself and the characters we Peakies know and love so well.
The times where I was reading about the show characters and events I was familiar with were my favourites. I really enjoyed the fact that Frost got into the backstories of so many of the characters, bringing out so many different dimensions to them that I hadn't seen before. And I obviously really enjoyed the whole mystery of who the 'archivist' was.
The rest of the book though? While interesting at times, I just didn't really see the need for all the information we were given. I can't go into any more detail because I'd probably end up spoiling a lot of this book, but it just didn't massively work for me. It felt too removed from the TV show, despite the fact that everything ties together at the end.
So yeah. Definitely only for die-hard Twin Peaks fans, and even then it may or may not work for you. It's definitely a good precursor for watching season 3, but bear in mind that you should not read this if you haven't watched the first two seasons of the show, because it contains complete spoilers. But then again, why would you read it if you hadn't?
The times where I was reading about the show characters and events I was familiar with were my favourites. I really enjoyed the fact that Frost got into the backstories of so many of the characters, bringing out so many different dimensions to them that I hadn't seen before. And I obviously really enjoyed the whole mystery of who the 'archivist' was.
The rest of the book though? While interesting at times, I just didn't really see the need for all the information we were given. I can't go into any more detail because I'd probably end up spoiling a lot of this book, but it just didn't massively work for me. It felt too removed from the TV show, despite the fact that everything ties together at the end.
So yeah. Definitely only for die-hard Twin Peaks fans, and even then it may or may not work for you. It's definitely a good precursor for watching season 3, but bear in mind that you should not read this if you haven't watched the first two seasons of the show, because it contains complete spoilers. But then again, why would you read it if you hadn't?