A review by saintdoormatius
Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost

3.0

I'm so torn on this book: for starters, I blew through it in under twenty-four hours. Unlike Frost's previous book, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, which was structured for a slower, deep dive, this book is set up to be read as a straight narrative (and the "author," Tamara Preston, even states this outright in the introduction). It's very compelling...BUT, how you feel about this book will ultimately hinge on what you want from it. If you're looking for explanations to the multiple mysteries still remaining from Twin Peaks: The Return, this offers them. Almost too many mysteries are solved, and solved very tightly, almost curtly. So, if that is what you want, I strongly recommend this book. On the other hand, if you are wanting something similar to what both The Secret History and the new season offered - mysteries solved and then new ones unfolded, like lotus petals- this book will only frustrate and anger you. I also feel that Frost and Lynch have two very different interpretations of Agent Preston as a character, and while Frost makes some effort to resolve it here, it does not quite work.
All in all, this book redeemed what I suspected when I first saw it listed for publication: that as the "final dossier" there really is not meant to be another season of the show - the ending is what it is, and this book is clearly meant to tie up many (but not all) of the loose ends.