Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
The setting of the novel is in London, England.
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Terrifying, fascinating, explorative, aggrieving
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Lo Blacklock.
Major Conflict
The major conflict occurs when Lo's neighbor in the cruise disappears in mysterious circumstances. Lo believes that the smear of blood she saw has something to do with her neighbor's disappearance.
Climax
The climax comes when Lo and Judah escape to New York to start their lifetime investigative journalism and realizes Bullmer and Anne are dead.
Foreshadowing
The burglar attack at Lo’s house in London foreshadowed her turbulent sailing in the cruse.
Understatement
Lo underestimated her adventure with Aurora. At first, Lo thought it would be exciting, but it turned chaotic, and her life was endangered while on the cruise.
Allusions
The story alludes to the vanity of the world when the owner of the Aurora Yacht dies in unclear circumstances.
Imagery
Sight imagery is evident when the author describes Aurora. The author writes, “I had a sudden disorienting image of the Aurora as a ship imprisoned in a bottle…."
Paradox
Lo is shocked to realize that her ex-boyfriend Ben is in the crew and one of the important guests of the cruise's owner.
Parallelism
There is a matching portrayal of journalism and daily life.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
Bullmer and his wife are represented as ordinary passengers in their Yacht.
Personification
Aurora is incarnated.
