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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.