Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine takes place in an early nineties New York City and follows the romance between Jen and Geoff the novel's two main characters. It is a story about fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, the value of friends, the reason its best to go out for coffee on first dates and what exactly defines being on the rebound. The characters riff on their favorite books, channel Yoda and Bob Dylan, deal with siblings and try to make sense of a world that shouldn't be as confusing as it seems to be. They also seek greater self-awareness and debate why Dallas will always be superior to Knots Landing, even as they find love, lose it and find it again.
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Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine is the second novel from Chicago writer Ben Tanzer. His debut novel, Lucky Man, was published by Manx Media in March of 2007. Since the books release, Tanzer has become known for his inventive marketing and networking skills as well as his well-written debut. He blogs at This Blog Will Change Your Life, which is the centerpiece of his vast, albeit faux, media empire, and in March of 2008, he launched his own journal, This Zine Will Change Your Life, which combines literature with music and street art.
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A Bruised Path Toward Love,
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One day you are no longer passing notes in gym class. You are an adult, of sorts. Your father is telling you that marriage is a stale social convention and you, somehow, are arguing against him. Sex has ceased to be consistently thrilling, or even pleasant, and, worse, you realize sex was never consistently thrilling or pleasant, and you find yourself nostalgic for snippets of a half-imagined past, having more and more conversations about old television shows, old television commercials, and more and more conversations about loneliness.Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine charts a bruised path toward love, through ordeals of courtship, family relations. Words are spoken in public like this: "`Dude,' says Bob the bankruptcy restructuring guy, `four days is the minimum. One day makes you seem too eager, and two days makes you look like you were aware of the fact that calling her on the first day would have made you look too eager.'" Yet words are thought, in private, like this: with a woman sleeping, in overlap, across his body, Geoff "thinks he should enjoy this, wallow in it, and hold onto it as best he can, because something will go wrong, something has to go wrong, it always does."
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What I Learned from Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'lll Go Mine,
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I learned that Ben Tanzer has a way of writing that gives the reader a feeling of that urban college lifestyle which I believe many college age readers can identify with. The hang outs were easy to imagine as were the thoughts and the angst of single life. An enjoyable read that had me wishing for my youth again.
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Once again, I am impressed by a Ben Tanzer novel. Ben Tanzer's writing has been featured in Rated Rookie, Chicago Parent, Abroad View, Clamor, Third Coast Press, and The Truth Magazine. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine follows his first book, Lucky Man. Ben Tanzer resides in Chicago, Illinois with his family.Centering around four people in their late twenties, this story follows the often medial relationships between family, friends, and lovers- giving you an inside peek at secret thoughts, unusual and uncomfortable conversations, big city culture, the pain of rejection, and the elation of a newly budding romance. Geoff, not knowing at all what he wants in life, meets Jen, a woman who outwardly knows what she wants but never seems to reach it. Together with their friends, Paul and Rhonda, Geoff and Jen find themselves on new ground in their relationship and wondering if men and women will ever entirely understand each other. The book was littered with comma errors, making me have to reread sentences more than once. Some of the sentence structure could be erratic at times, as well. It could use a period and start a new sentence to tie it together. I'm going to issue an age warning- not to be read by anyone under fifteen, due to language. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine is a brilliant, clever, humorous, edgy, and raw portrayal of urban single life. Deftly written, it will capture your attention from the first page and leave you shaking your head in awe until the end. The plot flowed well and I didn't find any dead spots where I lost interest. The characters were convincing and relatable, reminding you of just how uncertain your twenties and the dating scene could be. And anyone who can get a character to literally talk like Yoda while giving advice is fabulous in my opinion. The dialog was spectacularly honest, as if you were listening in on a real conversation. I particularly loved the coffee machine sequences, where Geoff is at work and mumbling about whatever ailments he has, and is given quirky and useless advice by his co-workers. It popped up several times in the book, making me shake my head, laughing. A recommended read! Kelly Moran, Author and Reviewer
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