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Downtrodden Abbey
Downtrodden Abbey: The Interminable Saga of an Insufferable Family | Gillian Fetlocks
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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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SusanLee
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Bailedbailed

I‘ve picked this book in lieu of #bookspinbingo and I‘m having a headache reading it! I honestly don‘t know what I‘ve read! First time reading such genre, a parody that‘s filled with sarcasm is definitely not my cup of tea 😓 @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks I don't know much about this one, but sometimes parody crosses over into mean-spirited, and that's never my thing. 4y
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Narnian328
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While it provides a few good laughs, it relies too heavily on lowbrow humor that gets old real quick. If you like Downton Abbey this book might give you a good laugh or two. Other than that, this book is not worth the time.

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becausetrains
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Bailedbailed

Noodle insisted on being in the frame 🙄 and also showing what she thinks of this book 😹😹😹 it was a giveaway prize, but now it's going to the library donation box 😌 #thebookishferrets #petsoflitsy #uglybookcovers

CherylDeFranceschi Noodle is a good critic! 8y
becausetrains @CherylDeFranceschi she is! One of her many nicknames is Inspector Noodle. 8y
BookishFeminist Noodle! 😂😂 8y
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