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The Handyman Method: A Story of Terror Kindle Edition

by Nick Cutter (Author), Andrew F. Sullivan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror.

When a young family moves into an unfinished development community, cracks begin to emerge in both their new residence and their lives, as a mysterious online DIY instructor delivers dark subliminal suggestions about how to handle any problem around the house. The trials of home improvement, destructive insecurities, and haunted house horror all collide in this thrilling story perfect for fans of Nick Cutter’s bestsellers The Troop and The Deep.

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“Nightmare territory…Often terrifying, consistently unsettling, and dripping with mounting dread, Cutter and Sullivan have created a modern masterpiece.” —Richard Chizmar, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Boogeyman

"The Handyman Method is a window into our deepest fears via strange and insidious how-to videos. Cutter and Sullivan have created a hallucinatory, chilling read that raises its level of dread and tension with each turn of the page...horrifying." —Gus Moreno, acclaimed author of This Thing Between Us

“Gruesome and grisly…The Handyman Method tears out of the gates and doesn’t let up much as things go from bad to worse to somehow worse…The pace is relentless…The vibe throughout is one of unsettling, mounting dread that rarely falters….horror fans are sure to appreciate [the novel’s] subtle nods to classics of the genre, as well as the direction Cutter and Sullivan take their dark tale of home improvement gone horribly awry.” —Winnipeg Free Press

“A horror tale designed to scare the dickens out of the reader.” —New York Journal of Books

“Dark, brutal, and deeply unsettling….This is a terrific horror novel, with a spellbinding story full of surprises and superb writing that is vivid, visceral, and, at times, darkly beautiful. The ending is gloriously, thrillingly shocking. For horror fans, it’s a must-read.” —Booklist

“A brutal yet modern twist on the haunted-house story….Full of moments…that will burrow under readers’ skin.” —Library Journal

"Deeply disturbing...[a] gripping tale, well-written modern horror...Cutter and Sullivan never fail to miss an opportunity to chill and repulse simultaneously....a near-classic chiller that you won’t soon forget." —Bookreporter

“For readers simply looking for a hard-to-put-down supernatural horror novel, The Handyman Method is an excellent pick. An unconventional haunted house story...with visceral imagery. A must-read.” —Horror Geek Life

"Unrelentingly brutal…An acid-tripping horror version of the classic sitcom Home Improvement.” —Grimdark Magazine

“Surreal and disturbing…a diabolical tale of toxic masculinity gone awry…a collaborative triumph.” —CrimeReads

About the Author

Nick Cutter is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Troop (which is currently being developed for film with producer James Wan), The Deep, Little Heaven, and The Handyman Method, cowritten with Andrew F. Sullivan. Nick Cutter is the pseudonym for Craig Davidson, whose much-lauded literary fiction includes Rust and Bone, The Saturday Night Ghost Club, and, most recently, the short story collection Cascade. His story “Medium Tough” was selected by author Jennifer Egan for The Best American Short Stories 2014. He lives in Toronto, Canada.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BHTPDMH7
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books (August 8, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 8, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2298 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 305 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #111,728 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #354 in U.S. Horror Fiction
- #684 in Conspiracy Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #864 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Hello All,

It is I, Nicholas J Cutter Esq! I'm the writer of The Troop, The Deep, The Acolyte (May 2015), and the upcoming Little Heaven (2016, probs). I write horror and I love doing it. If the books sell, I'll keep writing them. If they don't, I'll go dig a ditch--not for the money, but because that's what I like to do when I'm not writing.

You can visit me at:

www.craigdavidson.net (that's the name of my alter ego)

Or check out my author page at:

http://authors.simonandschuster.ca/Nick-Cutter/408931263

Yrs most sincerely,

Nick.

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Daniel

A twisty and at times gruesome haunted house story

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023

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The Handyman Method is an interesting and at times gruesome haunted house, self-destructive family tale that I think any Nick cutter fan will enjoy.

I will say that until this point I've never read anything by Andrew F. Sullivan so I cant really speak to his voice in this co authored book. But I am a huge fan of Nick Cutter (The troop is one of my all time favorite books and I have The Deep and Little Heaven ready to go for this year) and I feel like his style is really on display here. So that would probably be my warning to anyone considering picking this up. I see most people kind of divided with Nick's stuff. Either really digging them or not finishing them and I don't think this novel is gonna be any different for most. But if your like me and you dig his horror, this one is another banger.

Its a familiar haunted house premise. A family going through some issues move into a house that turns into a fixer upper and horror ensues. Before its all said and done though I was pretty impressed and disturbed. No spoilers but there's some great gore here and the way Youtube played a role in everything was pretty dope. I really had got some The Shinning vibes from it all but more recent and gruesome in its own way.

I'd definitely recommend this one to anybody. If I could say anything negative it'd be that some of the stuff in here was a little hard to imagine for me. There's alot of stuff going on mechanically so to speak.
But in the end I dug the family at the heart of this and their plight. When the gore hit it was aggressive and descriptive and more then once I caught myself reading with my mouth open wide.
Good stuff

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James S

Domestic Horror

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023

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Weird blend of domestic horror (the war between the sexes, men and their tools and the secrets women keep. A take on the Bad Place and strange eldritch demons with the little home made weird tech that a handyman can make. A sly satire of suburban tract houses and the insidious things underneath. A real page turner.

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Shaq1077

Not what I expected

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2023

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Not really sure how to put it in words other than it was too wordy. The story rambled on and I got lost several times. I really enjoyed the other books I've read by Cutter but this was disappointing.

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Bob Lewis

A strong premise but flawed execution

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024

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This is the story of a man who lost his job at the same time as his family moved into a new house, so he dedicates his time to fixing the place up, motivated and instructed by a series of online video tutorials by a figure that starts off seeming just like any other online instructor but quickly devolves into some kind of malevolent force, tearing the main character’s family apart.

It’s a great premise, and the writing itself is quite good, but there are quite a few flaws as well. The worst by far is that the online handyman turns into an obviously evil entity far too quickly, so there’s no buildup or real suspense. But by the same token, there’s not really much for him to corrupt in the main characters because the entire family starts off as strange and off-putting and never gets any better. There’s no real character growth, and they start off just abhorrent enough to make their corruption completely uninteresting.

I understand the authors started this off as a short story, and that’s really what it feels like—a short story that’s been padded into a novel without much attention to the degree of character change that’s necessary across the span of a novel.

Admittedly, I do think it picked up a bit toward the end. That’s the opposite of what I usually say about horror—ending is a lot harder than beginnings or middles. But in this case, though I didn’t quite LIKE the ending, it did finally move in some unexpected directions and at least increased my interest by the end.

I’ve read Nick Cutter before and I quite liked his other work, so I don’t think this is indicative of a bad author. I just think it happens to have been a good author’s rather failed attempt. Which is a shame because the premise centering on a handyman was quite intriguing to someone like me who rather enjoys tinkering in his workshop. Alas.

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Odd story

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024

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Strange story not that enjoyable

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Tami J. Abbott

Amazing!

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024

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Great book! Really reminded me of the old King books. If you liked those, I highly recommend giving this a read. You will likely find yourself a Nick Cutter fan.

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Dan

Great start but a weak and bloated finish

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024

This is the fourth Nick Cutter novel I have read. He is full of so much potential, but his inconsistency is disappointing. The Troop and Little Heaven were fantastic reads that had me comparing him to Steven King. The Deep and The Handyman Method were the complete opposite.

The Handyman Method starts of great. I was engrossed in the story and burned through the first 125 pages or so. Then it almost became a different story. It dragged on...and on...and on. The scenes were unnecessarily long, and a lot of them felt like they didn't add anything to the story.

There were so many scenes with just one character, and the only dialogue was the character's internal thoughts. That's not bad in and of itself, but when the story falls apart and becomes uninteresting, pages and pages of internal thoughts are a tedious read.

Finishing the second half of the book was a struggle, and I could not figure out what happened. Why had such a promising five star novel turned into a mess that is two stars at best?

Then I read the authors notes at the end, and it all clicked. The author admits it started off as a short story, but they turned into a novel to make it more marketable. At one point it grew from 5,000 words to something like 15,000 or 20,000, and his agent told him it would have to be bigger to get a movie option. So there it is. The book became a slog because they filled it with unnecessary things to meet a targeted word count. That's not always the best recipe for a great book, and that rule applies to The Handyman Method as well.

Five stars for the first half, 1-2 stars for the second half.

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