Genre
Fantasy
Setting and Context
Much of the novel takes place in New Orleans. Secondary settings include Toronto, in Canada.
Narrator and Point of View
The novel is told from the perspective of an unnamed narrator and is told in a third-person point of view.
Tone and Mood
The novel is horrifying, spooky, mysterious, tense, violent, inquisitive, and respectful (of its story and characters).
Protagonist and Antagonist
Lucky is the novel's protagonist and Jay Christos is the novel's antagonist.
Major Conflict
Lucky and her grandmother's fight against Jay Christos as they try to get the seventh spoon is the major conflict of the novel.
Climax
When Lucky and her grandmother find the seventh spoon.
Foreshadowing
Lucky and her grandmother eventually defeating Jay Christos is foreshadowed by some of the group's early interactions.
Understatement
The extent of Lucky's grandmother's abilities are understated initially in the novel.
Allusions
There are allusions to the works of authors like Anne Rice, to mythology, the supernatural and associated concepts, other films and novels, the geography and geographic features of Canada and the United States, and to popular landmarks.
Imagery
As Lucky and her grandmother grow closer to the spoon, supernatural imagery becomes more frequent.
Paradox
Lucky and her grandmother seemingly have no abilities which would allow them to fight a dangerous man like Jay Christos easily, yet they defeat him.
Parallelism
n/a
Metonymy and Synecdoche
"The big apple" is a metonym for New York.
Personification
The spoons at the center of the novel are consistently personified.
