Crescendo

Crescendo by Amy Weiss.Once in a rare while you pick up a book and after just a few pages you realize that the author has good intentions with the book. The aim is not just to tell a good story, but rather they dearly hope to inspire, to give hope and to comfort. They wish to impact the reader's own story.That is just what Amy Weiss does with:"Crescendo"(Hay House, 2017).My inner voice as I read:"You are hoping it is goodand yetyou have no ideajust how good this really is!".This is a song, not a book.Each line so poetically beautiful that it makes you draw a breathas it draws you in from the very start.Line after line of sentences of the caliber where just one would have made a book worth the read. It is full of beautiful and poetic imagery. Through this imagery Amy Weiss links you to yourself, to others, to love, to life and meaning. To healing.Several times I stopped and articulated out loud:"Wow, that is so beautiful! How did you do that? ".Step into "the lake of time". "The woman looks deep into the waters of the lakeand listens to the melody of her body being formed."Crescendo is a book about a woman who loses the two loves that give her life meaning and drive. Her husband and their child."That is what grief does.It steals the breath out of you,turns you as cold and lifelessas the one you mourn."Yet this life of mourning is just the story that the human of this soul has told herself that the story is about. In truth (and it does ring so, so true) this book is about: soul contracts, past and future lives, death and NDEs, life, love, higher selves, time, parallel universes, grief, reunion and healing. (This book is about you.)The author sings it to you in the most poetic of ways. In this song I recognized truth. In this song I heard whispers of comfort and love and hope. I became pages braver. I did. I grew to trust. Trust life and changes and myself.As I read, so did my soul it seems.My higher self.We healed, we did.We grew and ..... we both agree, my higher self and I, that this is a 5 star read.I am excited for the readers that this book will reach. I am excited for the conversations it will start. I am excited for Amy Weiss and the ride that she is about to step on to. Good luck and thank you.Mostly I am so very grateful for what this book has given me."Death is not loss;it is simple the opportunityto love one anotherin a thousand different forms."(Crescendo, 2017).Amy Weiss is the author of "Crescendo" (Hay House, 2017)and co-author of "Miracles Happen" (HarperOne, 2012).Visit her at her site: Amy WeissHer facebook page: Amy WeissReview and photos by Cathrine Lødøen.

This book consists of a sequence of words. Most books are, and their message is conveyed in as clear and straightforward a way as possible; in short they are written in prose. "Crescendo" is not. It is a sequence of pictures or images hinted at by words. The language of music is also used to convey the message. The writing is very skillful. There is a story: it is about loss and the resulting mental anguish. But it is also about a way of understanding the loss by seeing the larger context. If this is what you need then other books describe various ways of accessing the larger context. The book also contains various insights. The one I found most important was the insight about time. I suspect that different people will get different things from this multidimensional book. At one level it is, as stated, a novel; but it can also be viewed, at least in part, as non-fiction.

This book has some difficult concepts presented. It is nicely written, and I am glad I read it. I enjoy reading different perspectives on religion and death experiences, which is why I purchased the book. Each person will need to read and decide for themselves. Music is beautifully intertwined iinto the messages.

Take one part Brian Weiss' stories of reincarnation, stir in Eckhart Tolle's teachings of being in the now and add a pinch of the illusionary world we live in and teachings of forgiveness from A Course in Miracles and you get this wonderful allegory of one woman's journey of awakening following a tragic loss. To top it off it is written in the most lyrical language imaginable. After reading some pages I had to stop and just say to myself: "Wow, how could someone express this thought so beautifully?" This book will resonate with you or not. I can see the ratings being either five star or one star. For me, it's definitely five star.

Crescendo by Amy Weiss isn't an easy book for me to review. It's unlike anything I've ever read before. The book is described as a two-hour read but I could only take in a few pages daily. As other reviews point out, it's very poetic. Metaphors abound.I did highlight some passages, which I personally found to be inspiring. I did intend to read it all because I wanted to know what would happen to the woman and her mare. After I got to the last three chapters, I started skimming through them. This is because the author lost me when the woman started experiencing creation and turned into everything and anything you probably can't imagine.I don't mean this as disrespect but my favorite part of the book is the Reader's Guide.The Spanish version describes the book as a "spiritual fable about the soul, life and death". In spite of this work not being my preferred type of reading material, Amy Weiss has won my admiration and her editor as well.

I would say, for anyone going through grief, in reading Crescendo you won't feel so alone. You will be able to walk along with the main character Aria who shares the intense emotions without minimizing them or trying to talk them away.And if you keep reading, you will gradually, at the right time, encounter profoundly beautiful lessons about life and love.I will re-read this book many times to assimilate its messages for all of us. Amy Weiss is a writer who shows a deep compassion for human emotions and a profound wisdom about the mysteries of life and death. I highly recommend her book Crescendo!

Evocative, elegant, depth of Spiritual meaning. Rich with thought provoking insights on love, beauty, suffering, pain, loss, forgiveness, guilt, free-will, destiny and more.. Beautifully written from the heart of a woman’s song.

This is probably a book I will read many times over a lifetime. I found it hard to understand at times, but that's due to how poetic it is, but I believe that different aspects of the book speak to you at different times in your life. For me this book was warming, thought provoking but allowed me to view life by reminding myself that our lives are much bigger than the situation we find ourselves in at the present moment. Beautifully written and recommended to anyone who believes in reincarnation and the stories of our souls. I will certainly be reading this again.

Just received copy of your Crescendo,wonderful.While reading,the words caress your soul. I recommend everybody ti getti a copy. Thank you Amy Weiss.

The message is beautifully spun in a tale. Loved it. When the story picks up after few pages it made me smile everytime i read the pages.The book made me love my life and treasure the impostant people in my life and much more.And yes i must mention i loved the cover and the material of the cover. Just looking at the cover also makes u feel that the world is magical.

So beautifully written... I fell in love with the writing style and Amy’s words .. it’s like a poem of love all the way through. Highly recommend it