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Shakara Cannon -  This Can't Be Life -  Available Now! -  3 out of 5 books -  After I finished reading this book, I had to go online to see what others were saying about it. I felt like I missed the story because with over 90 reviews, it received an average rating of a 4.5. So before writing my review, I sat down and pondered where I went wrong with this story. Then it hit me, I didn’t go wrong. The story was sprinkled with so much drama that I felt lost in the storytelling because so much was going on. My 3 star review might not be the fault of the author, but too many characters and issues are a bit challenging for me. It seemed the author wanted to touch on more issues then should be handled in one book: deaths, repressed memories, incest, alcoholism, religion, homosexuality and more. Let’s take a look at the characters. Simone Johnson continues to have the same dream night after night of a little girl and a man. She knows the little girl is in trou...