The macabre stylings of David Lynch made that film stand out from this book which was confusing and disjointed and fit into the town of Twin Peaks. I much preferred the film "Fire Walk With Me" which followed Laura in her last weeks before her death. It made me thankful for what I knew would be Laura's end.
But there was still this sense of "feel sorry for me" that I hated. She was whiny and pretentious and awful and treated the people around her horribly. This book just revealed too much of Laura, and I hated her voice. Sometimes what makes something wonderful and brilliant is the not knowing: the sense of mystery and drama and intrigue of not knowing totally what's going on.
It didn't make me sympathize more with Laura. Laura's secret diary was a clutch on the show and I dunno, reading it just kinda took all that complexity and mystery and stigma away. I loved the complexity of her life, the layers and layers of mystery and glamour and foolery that came out as the investigation into her death unraveled. To give a voice to a character whose voice we never really got to hear on the show. In a nutshell, what it lacks is David Lynch. And it lacks the complexity and the macabre threads that tie that show together. It lacks the world building that the show renders effortlessly. Siri knows me as "Audrey.")īut this just.doesn't.work. My alias is Audrey Horne for crying out loud.
The characters of Twin Peaks are as real to me as people who actually exist. It is my favorite show ever and nothing else has even remotely come close to it (not even my beloved Walking Dead. And I needed to let this book sit and stew in my head before rating or reviewing it because I don't want this book to ruin the show's magic (particularly since it's coming back next year! HAPPY DANCE)įor most of you who know me or at the least have read my profile (or you know, looked at my avatar on here) you will know that I absolutely adore EVERYTHING associated with the sheer brilliance that is Twin Peaks. This book just doesn't do anything for my love of this show and this world. As much as I adore (or used to adore) Laura Palmer. I'm really upset that I can't give this book more than 3 stars. We promise that something is forever, when it is really only as long as it takes for us to tire of it. There are still good people on this planet! And it totally made my night. So I went to work today after the crappiest, crappiest day yesterday and one of the waitresses runs up to me with this book and this book and told me she got drunk a few weeks ago and drunkenly ordered them for me because she knew I wanted them so bad. Read a book that was turned into a TV show (or really, based on a TV show in this case.
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