The intimacy conventionally associated with a first-person narration collapses into irony, as the reader must decide whether they are another victim of Amber’s very coaxing strategy of protecting herself through evasion. Sometimes I Lie TV Mini Series Drama Note: Because this project is categorized as in development, the data is only available on IMDbPro and is subject to change. Plunged into her claustrophobic perception, the reader must sort through prevarications, obfuscations, and elaborate smokescreens to get even a sense of Amber Reynolds’s character. Everything she admits, including that she lies, might be a lie. She even goes by two different names, Amber and Taylor. I whisper quietly to myself, whilst visually checking that everything is switched off, my fingernails clicking together. My fingers form the familiar shape: the index and middle finger finding the thumb on each hand. Amber explains at one point how every morning she dons her face like an outfit and says, “I unzip the body of who I used to be and step outside myself a newborn Russian doll wondering how many other versions of me are still hidden inside” (252). Or Amber 'I stand in front of the large range oven with my arms bent at the elbows. Amber is the first-person narrator and protagonist of the novel, and defining her character is a challenge given that she admits that she is a compulsive liar and admits to pretending to be someone she is not in critical relationships including in her workplace, her family, and her marriage.
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