Audiobook Blood Test: A Comedy by Charles Baxter in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Imagine Brock Hobson, Sunday-school teacher by day, insurance salesman by afternoon, finally getting that blood test he'd been putting off. The results? A genetic predisposition to murder. Not exactly the news you hope for when you're trying to keep your teenage daughter's sex life and your new girlfriend's patience intact. Charles Baxter, the master of Midwestern melancholy with a wicked laugh, turns this absurd premise into something startlingly human in Blood Test: A Comedy.
Hearing this audiobook is like settling into a comfortable armchair with a friend who's about to tell you the most unsettlingly funny story you've ever heard. The narrator, with a perfect blend of dry Midwestern warmth and gentle irony, makes Brock's world feel immediate. You hear the quiet desperation in his voice as he explains to his girlfriend, Sarah, about the test results over coffee, the way his teenage son mumbles about his first date, the awkward tension when he runs into his ex-wife's new, aggressively macho contractor boyfriend at the grocery store. Baxter doesn't just tell you Brock is relatable; the audiobook makes you feel his panic, his quiet love for his kids, his genuine confusion about this genetic ghost haunting his life.
The real magic is how Baxter builds the tension not with explosions, but with the slow, steady drip of everyday life unraveling. Brock's good-as-gold girlfriend, Sarah, offers steady comfort. His ex's new guy? A walking, talking caricature of toxic masculinity, a constant low-grade threat. His kids navigating first heartbreaks and identities? They're not just plot points; their voices, heard through the audiobook's nuanced delivery, ground the story in real, messy humanity. The secondary characters aren't just supporting; they're the very fabric of Brock's crumbling, then slowly rebuilding, sense of self.
You don't just hear the story; you feel the weight of Brock's choices settling on your own shoulders. The tension builds steadily, not through melodrama, but through the quiet, devastating moments of connection and misconnection. That final scene? It's not a grand battle, but a small, perfect moment of understanding, delivered with such quiet power in the audio that it hits you right in the chest. Baxter reminds us, through Brock's journey, that love isn't about perfect choices or avoiding messy people. It's about showing up, accepting the flawed, complicated humans around you, and choosing to love them anyway. Blood Test: A Comedy isn't just a funny book about a blood test. It's a deeply human, brilliantly narrated reminder of how we all navigate the terrifying, hilarious, ordinary chaos of being alive. Press play, and let Baxter's voice guide you through the perfect storm of a very normal life.
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