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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
The Soul's Reckoning by Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy follows Charlotte Elisabeth, who has died through MAiD, or Medical Assistance in Dying, a legal medical procedure that ends life to relieve suffering, and is given a post-death mission to complete her Soul Track. This is a divinely structured requirement that she reconcile all unresolved human relationships before she can progress in the afterlife. Among those whose relationships with her remained fractured are her hostile grandmother, her struggling sisters Sincerity and Sally, and her long-absent father. Charlotte must witness their private histories, motives, and emotional wounds, sometimes from within their minds, all while up against obstructive spirits, ancestral forces, and the constraints of Heaven’s rules. Only through the completion of this reconciliation work can she return fully to Heaven and continue her spiritual development.
The Soul's Reckoning by Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy is technically Christian science fiction, but it feels more like a series of philosophical discussions in theology within that genre, which gives it a unique twist. Charlotte shifts through “storytelling time,” and I like how Jeejeebhoy places Charlotte in a space of non-linear mobility. She has loads of encounters, including with Jesus, and her soul companions come across as authentic. The settings are spectacular, from a stark alley to brilliant waters, and the smaller bits, like a single daisy, all leaning into an evolution of light and possibility. I am not a Christian, but I still really enjoyed the story from a literary standpoint, opening Charlotte’s journey up to readers who want to read a smart and entertaining book of a woman's ever-widening experience of existence.