Genre
Psychologic Thriller
Setting and Context
Bookshop, present time
Narrator and Point of View
Joe Goldberg
Tone and Mood
Suspense
Protagonist and Antagonist
Protagonist: Guinevere Beck; Antagonist: Joe Goldberg
Major Conflict
Joe Goldberg wants Guinevere Beck to fall in love with him.
Climax
Beck finds out that Joe has been stalking her.
Foreshadowing
Everything Joe does is foreshadowed, as he says that he will do anything to have Beck for himself. However, the reader doesn't understand what that means, and he is not taken seriously until he does what he said he would do.
Understatement
That Joe would take care of her is an understatement, as he didn't only take care of her, but took over her life as well.
Allusions
The reader might have allusions to several social media stories, as the book is a showcase of how easy it is to gather information about a person beginning from the web.
Imagery
The image of Joe being abused by the former shop owner, which is why he turned out the way he did.
Paradox
A paradox that the reader might comment on is if Joe really loved Beck or not, for he strongly believed that he did, while his actions showed that he was mentally warped.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The books are personified, expressed as a person that will seduce ; "They seduce you. They spread their legs to you and pull you inside."
