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To call Hope Shay an unreliable narrator would be an understatement. As her journal entries grow from insufferably obnoxious to indicative of mental illness, readers are forced to question her story of a breakthrough acting role, Romeo-and-Juliet romance, and kidnapping. Uneven pacing builds to a hasty conclusion, but Hope's manipulations and realizations will keep readers guessing.