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Blood Test
Blood Test: A Comedy | Charles Baxter
7 posts | 4 read | 3 to read
From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and �one of our most gifted writers� (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder. (…more)
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keithmalek
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I guess I'm in the minority so far, but I enjoyed this. And even though I would agree with the prior reviews that it wasn't particularly comedic, it was a fun read. #2025Book13

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Hooked_on_books
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When the #TOBlonglist came out, this one looked right up my alley. A man gets a new blood test that tells him he has a tendency for criminality and will kill someone, but it‘s funny. Problem is, it‘s not so funny (but thinks it is), then takes a wild turn away from the premise halfway through and doesn‘t hold together. I wish I had bailed.

ChaoticMissAdventures That is a bummer. Many of the books on the list this year seem to be wild misses for a lot of people. 2mo
squirrelbrain Glad I didn‘t get this one then! 2mo
keithmalek A guy slipped on a banana peel. Therefore, it's a comedy.😅 1mo
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Megabooks
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Serendipitously, I was reading this #toblonglist choice when it was announced. It was what I needed at the moment. Offbeat weird funny book that isn‘t sticking with me at all. I liked it, but you don‘t need to run out and read it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

A mild-mannered man gets a blood test that predicts a life of criminality in his future. He immediately goes and shoplifts gardening shears. Things just get wackier from there. #tob25

BarbaraBB Another one I can skip 😅 5mo
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OwenB
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The title states it as a comedy but it‘s just an overall odd subject. A brief read that kept me interested to see what happens to the main character. I didn‘t love it or hate it. Quite different than I‘ve read before. A good length as any longer and I would have probably lost interest.

keithmalek A guy slipped on a banana peel. Clearly, that makes it a comedy.😅 1mo
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