Downtrodden Abbey has lost its heir. Now, a distant cousin,
Atchew, has come to stake his claim, but the residents, the
Crawfish family, do not approve. While the upstairs is
filled with scandal and wealth, the downstairs servants
bicker and each show their quirky characteristics. The
melodrama from top to bottom of the house will leave readers
curious how everything will pan out.
DOWNTRODDEN ABBEY by Gillian Fetlocks is a hilarious parody
of the show Downton Abbey. As a big fan of the show, I was
so excited to read this spoof. Fetlocks does a clever job of
twisting all the serious, even heartbreaking moments from
Downton and turning them into something hilarious, providing
incredible comic relief for anyone emotionally attached to
the show.
While I really enjoyed the book overall, the dialogue and
the side additions of the era culture are especially fun.
When Lord Roderick's mother and Atchew's mother first meet,
they are so hilarious and witty with their old age jokes.
Occasionally throughout the novel, a typical food menu or a
list of guests of the estate will pop up, and they add even
more cleverness to the story. With a few illustrations
throughout, DOWNTRODDEN ABBEY also reads very quickly, and
makes a perfect story to read on a boring, quiet afternoon
that doesn't have enough laughter in it. The puns
surrounding the names (Marry/marry) are fun, and I really
admire the way Fetlocks uses them.
Overall, this is definitely worth the read, though I
probably would not reread it. I wouldn't recommend this if
you don't watch Downton, just because you might not fully
understand the jokes. However, if you do love the show, DOWNTRODDEN
ABBY is a great, humorous companion read.
Welcome to Downtrodden Abbey, where a battle for
the deed to the property is waged between legitimate
aristocrats and literal pretenders to the
throne. The Crawfish family—Marry, Supple, Enid,
Lady Flora, and Lord Roderick—are content wiling their days
away with naughty charades and twenty-two
course dinners until the sinking of the Gigantic
takes down the next in line to inherit Downtrodden.
Soon, cousin Isabich and her son, Atchew, the
rightful heir to the Abbey, arrive to claim what's
theirs.
Downstairs, the servants are running amok, as crippled
weakling Brace is aggressively courted by teen
hottie Nana, and lady's maid "Potatoes" O'Grotten and
her flamboyant sidekick, Tomaine, cause trouble at
every turn.
The ensuing, insufferably overwrought melodrama takes the
reader upstairs and downstairs, into parlours and drawing
rooms, boudoirs and bathrooms, and across every class—from
the classiest to the classless—in the social pecking order
of Edwardian England.
Uproariously funny, with a wicked sense of humor that
Downton Abbey diehards will enjoy, Gillians
Fetlocks skewers your favorite characters with panache in
this winning parody
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