: Re: Is it okay to switch narration styles towards the end of a story? I'm writing most of my book in third person omniscient, but I think it would be better if I put the last few chapters in

You can do anything if you can get away with it, but a shift in point of view is always tricky, and one that large is particularly so. Worst of all, it comes near the end. That means the reader is expecting the constant use of third person omniscient. There is no pattern.
More first-person sections earlier could establish a pattern of switching, but of course require something to say.

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