valeriebrett 's review for:

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

3.0

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Firstly, this is not at all a novel. I guess if you reallly want to stretch it it could be considered a postmodern novel. But it's not what any normal person thinks of as a novel, IMO. It was frustrating to read each page as different fonts/sizes/colors/handwriting etc. but added to the fun and charm of the book. (It's meant to be a dossier.) While this might be obvious, just a reminder: if you aren't a huge TP fan, don't bother. This wasn't an amazing book but I still liked it as a big TP fan. It was cheeky and serious (just like the show) and gave interesting tidbits about characters I didn't expect to learn more about. I feel like some of the details maaaybe don't match up with the show? Like I remember Big Ed describing his & Nadine's backstory differently than what's detailed in this book. Each character was actually depicted convincingly in their own unique voice. At times I think there were gross over-generalizations about all indigenous people as if they are monolithic (but that could be blamed on the characters writing those statements, I suppose). Much of the plot reminded me of X Files. This is chock-full of conspiracy theories, everything from the bible to Lumeria to Bigfoot to UFOs etc.