Bend It Like Beckham

One doesn't expect the novelization of a movie to be great literature, but it ought to be something more than a pale, washed out retelling of what happens on screen.

This is the 'book of the film' and it races along at a fine lick. Jess narrates the story of her struggle to be herself and still be a part of her Sikh family. It's a good, quick read and the charcters are lively and real as they are in the film.

Basically this is the novelisation of the rather popular movie of the same name. The difference here is that the book is told from first person Jess point of view, which means some of the really funny scenes between Jules and her parents were missed out.

The writing is good, though, and it does a nice job of fleshing out the script. It also makes some of it a little clearer for those of us like me who couldn't always follow the Indian, or the soccer.