The Seven-Day Resurrection by Chevron Ross

The Seven-Day Resurrection by Chevron Ross
Series: A Standalone
Publisher: Chevron Ross (January 18, 2022)

REVIEW BY PRISCILLA BETTIS

Len Holder is 78 years old. A few years ago, his mother passed at age 96. So how can she be standing, alive and well, in his living room?

I did not expect a ghost, zombie, or any kind of undead in a Christian fiction book! Rest assured this is not a horror book. It’s a reflective story dealing with family and the motivations behind our actions and God’s ultimate hand in our lives.

Len Holder is interesting. He’s a failed novelist who still likes writing. He wonders where the years went. He’s kind of shy and prefers the company of characters in the stories he reads and tries to write:

Len preferred the safety of his paper castle, the fellowship of paper characters who shared their deepest feelings with him, who were never too busy for him, never lost patience with him, never criticized him, betrayed him, or demanded anything from him.

-Chevron Ross, The Seven-Day Resurrection

Early in the story, it’s clear that Len thinks he’s wasted his life. He never married, never finished his novel, never made friends or reconnected with his far-flung siblings. There are scenes in the later years of his life, after his mother has come back, that show him time-hopping and doing things over, doing things better. At one point I got to thinking that The Seven-Day Resurrection couldn’t be a Christian novel because God doesn’t grant people do-overs.

Oh wait, yes He does. God is the epitome of second chances.

I also got to wondering if Len’s mother was really alive again or if Len was hallucinating the whole thing. Because God doesn’t go around resurrecting the dead.

Oh wait…

There’s no way I’m going to spill the beans and say whether his mom was actually resurrected or if Len was hallucinating or if someone was playing a dirty trick on him or what. But the reveal is very, very good.

I hope you read it and discover for yourself what actually happened to Len and his mother. The Seven-Day Resurrection is easily a five-fish read for me!

I purchased the Kindle version of The Seven-Day Resurrection.