A review by mjsteimle
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick

4.0

This man can write! I love that Sonnenblick's novels are sweet and real and funny at the same time. In this book, Alex deals with his parents' divorce by acting out, which ends up in an arrest and an assignment to visit a grumpy old man at a nursing home. Through his visits with Sol, Alex learns a lot about himself, how to navigate his relationships with others, and how to improve his jazz guitar skills. The dialogue might be just a little more clever than how actual 16 year olds speak, but he certainly writes in a way that resonates with teenagers. The one criticism I have is that the plot was fairly predictable, but I feel like it's the way Sonnenblick writes about events, rather than putting out a "come out of nowhere" plot, that is important.