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It would be inconsistent, but weird style/tone shifts have been done before, and not always to the detriment of the style. My example is the Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood, where the perspective goes from first person to third person, then back to first.

The reasoning is the main character starts off thinking she knows herself, then gets a rude awakening about her planned 'perfect' life and detaches from herself, up to and including having a dissatisfying affair, before finally finding herself again.

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