{"id":23604,"date":"2015-04-30T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=23604"},"modified":"2015-04-24T17:06:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T22:06:03","slug":"broadchurch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/broadchurch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BroadchurchKelly\"\"Broadchurch\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It is rare that a novel\u00a0based on a successful television program amounts to anything more than a slap-dash rehash designed to turn a profit, but in the case of Erin Kelly\u2019s Broadchurch: A Novel<\/i><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the story is as\u00a0finely fashioned with\u00a0words as the 2013\u00a0British\u00a0crime drama<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0with moving images. Both explore the ramifications of an eleven-year-old boy\u2019s shocking murder on the life of a coastal tourist town in\u00a0Southwest\u00a0England as\u00a0two detectives\u00a0gradually uncover a complex network of closely-held secrets.<\/p>\n

At the center of the story\u00a0is the relationship between the two investigators\u00a0assigned to the case. Detective Ellie Miller,\u00a0an integral part of the\u00a0Broadchurch community, struggles with the need to delve into her friends and neighbors’ affairs\u00a0while suffering the loss of young Danny alongside them. She is at odds with DI Alec Hardy, unexpectedly brought in to fill the leadership position on the police force that Ellie had been promised. Alec\u00a0takes a cold and cynical attitude in conducting the\u00a0investigation\u00a0and\u00a0is skeptical of\u00a0Ellie’s ability to remain objective. He bristles and becomes more defensive under the\u00a0watchful eye of the press: both local and London-based journalists\u00a0are suspicious of his handling of an earlier child murder case. With each question the detectives raise, each encounter they have with a Broadchurch resident, further suspicions mount. In a cascading effect, relationships begin to falter, irretrievable words are spoken, and yet more harm is unleashed.<\/p>\n

Kelly relates the story through\u00a0the eyes of other main characters as well, including bereaved mother Beth Latimer and opportunistic reporter\u00a0Karen White. She takes full advantage of the novel form to explore the principal players’ internal lives: their memories, their questions about the case as more information is gathered, their reflections on their own behaviors and interactions with others in the community, and their concerns for the future once the truth is finally revealed. She deftly\u00a0weaves these\u00a0musings into the action and closely examines the\u00a0consequences of the investigation on each character without sacrificing suspense.<\/p>\n

In addition to Chris Chibnall’s superb writing,\u00a0the award-winning television series Broadchurch<\/i><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BAFTA Best Drama Series) features Olivia Colman (BAFTA Best Actress) and David Tennant’s nuanced performances, Olafur Arnalds’ evocative music, and cinematographer Matt Gray’s gently charged contemplation of the\u00a0Dorset landscape.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Broadchurch: A Novel<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>and watch Broadchurch<\/i><\/strong><\/a> the series, in no matter what order. The experience of one enriches that of the other.<\/p>\n

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It is rare that a novel\u00a0based on a successful television program amounts to anything more than a slap-dash rehash designed to turn a profit, but in the case of Erin Kelly\u2019s Broadchurch: A Novel\u00a0the story is as\u00a0finely fashioned with\u00a0words as the 2013\u00a0British\u00a0crime drama\u00a0is\u00a0with moving images. Both explore the ramifications of[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,1,8],"tags":[445,80,2898,2921,2922],"class_list":["post-23604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-dvds","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-crime-fiction","tag-england","tag-mystery-fiction","tag-novelizations","tag-television-series"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-68I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23604"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23844,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23604\/revisions\/23844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}