When a style of books trends it is always good to see how the rest of the books compares. Since Daisy Jones and the Six there has been an influx of novels based around music or life in a band. Some have hit the mark and some haven’t. Fortunately for seasoned writer Jennifer Weiner The Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits is a great read.

The story of sisters Cassie and Zoe – chalk and cheese – who end up internationally famous is a compelling one. It looks at familial love, romantic love and parental love. It looks at how the world isn’t made or accessible to everyone, it looks at how the opinions of people that you don’t know can often be the most hurtful and impactful thing but how it can also be the fuel for others.

Ultimately though it is about the seemingly unbreakable bond between sisters and how perceived jealousy can ruin lives.

The Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits is a brilliant book and readers who love music will love this too.

The Griffin Sisters Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner is available now.

All the daisy jones vibes here! I loved so much about this book but also there were parts that I could have done without. MRS EVERYTHING will always hold top spot in my half but definitely think this is one of her best books too. If you want to recapture some of the “Daisy jones vibes” this is for you. It has child fame, jealousy, scandal and of course sisterhood and love. A perfect choice to read by the lake or beach this summer!

This is utterly brilliant. Jumping around from the past to the present, and following the griffin sisters’ careers and Cassie’s self imposed exile is fascinating and incredibly well written. Loved every minute.

Have you ever opened a book, started a book and realised straight away how much you're going to fall in love with that book? That's how I feel about the Griffin sister's Greatest Hits. The second, I listened to Dakota Fanning read that book, and I knew I was done for this book was for me.

Yes, reminiscence of Daisy, Jones and The Six. However, it had its own magic, I fell in love with Zoe and Cassie, the Griffin sisters. I fell in love with their band. I fell in love with the magic that they brought to the stage. And then my heart broke with them, my heartbreak for Zoe and Cassie.
When Zoe started getting pushed out of the band, you saw the staging change. I felt her pain, her resentment brewing. My heart broke for Cassie, as she fell in love with her sister's husband from afar. And how he wanted her. I felt every bit of their pain. I cried. I smiled, and when you had Cherry on the hunt for Cassie, you knew things were going to blow up.

To me, everything about this book was just perfect. I loved it. I loved the story. I loved the fact that this band felt real, the pain was real. Their love was real. Not going to lie, when the revelations came out. I was crying. I was so upset. And the fact that we never really know the truth about what happened that night that broke them up. The thing behind it. It just broke me. It felt like such a waste of Wow, just a waste

You can feel the anger and the resentment from Zoe, you can feel the pain from Cassie, and you can kind of understand and justify. The different behaviours of these characters. But at the same time, for what? There was no need for it. And I'm gutted about that. I am gutted that the story happened and played out the way it did. I love the tenacity of Cherry, the fact that she didn't give up. She didn't give up hope on her family. Even when she thought everyone else had.

I was so emotional. reading it and listening to it in the car. I was crying in the car, which I don't recommend. I was listening to it when I was in the gym, and again, trying my hardest not to cry on a treadmill.

This was to me, by far, one of my favourite books; it definitely gave me a Taylor Jenkins Reid feels. I feel like Jennifer should stand on her own. Comparisons are always great. People are always going to compare, but this has its own magic. It's own love, its own raw, undulated pain. And, just the raw emotion. I loved every single word on that page. If I did have one gripe, it's just that waste. And when you get to that chapter, you will know what I mean. The pain that Zoe and Cassie feel and the conversations that they have. It was raw, and it was only when Zoe was lying in bed and talking to Jordan about everything after she'd spoken to Cassie. It was his words to her that made you realise. There's no blame. No one knows what's going to happen with some words that you say in the heat of the moment.

And as much as we are, as humans, we blame ourselves for everything. We cannot place the blame on someone else's behaviour. And that hurts, but that's part of a story. This book is something special. I absolutely adored it, and I just wish everyone could read this book because, to me, it was just It was brilliant and I really cannot recommend it enough.

And that's the end of my incoherent rambles! Just read it!

The Griffin Sister’s Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner was a beautiful and sad story about two sisters who fall for the same guy.
Zoe and Cassie are very close as sisters and rely on each other a great amount. Cassie is a musical genius, and Zoe is not. Zoe however, wishes she was. That’s when negative feelings come through, and when the girls are living their best life, things start to fall apart.
I loved the characters, they were very complex, which made this story a fantastic read.
Many thanks to HQ for the opportunity to read this arc copy via Netgalley. My opinion is my own.
#Netgalley, #HQ, #JenniferWeinerWrites.

I absolutely adored the vibes of this read, from start to finish. I think the characters were introduced impeccably and we really saw them in their natural state right from the off. I actually really warmed to Cassie and Zoe as characters, but also as sisters, and they made for interesting protagonists. There were a LOT of comments about Cassie's weight, which I know is standard of showbiz, but I did find it a bit repetitive.

This felt like everything I needed and was a fab palette cleanser. I loved how their relationship was explored, and I felt so deeply for the characters at different times in the novel.

Overall, a fab read!

A wonderful book about two sisters who were in a band and things went wrong.

Zoe is the oldest sister and is married and has 3 children, her oldest daughter Cherry is from her first marriage. Cherry wants to be a singer and when she is small she discovered that her Mum was in a band with her sister. Cassie has disappeared the other sister and Zoe doesn’t know where she is of what happened all those years ago, she does not want to be found. Cherry ends up on a talent show and she decides to go and find Cassie.

It was a nice book of loss and blame and forgiveness. It was a bit slow to start off with but got better as the book went on.

It was a different story than other books and flowed.

A great read. Zoe and Cassie are sisters born a year apart. From the word go mum Janice can't bring herself to love Cassie- born too soon after Zoe, and so different. Awkward, big and unloveable. Zoe becomes her sister's protector from the world. At 4 years old they discover Cassie has a musical gift, she can play any tune on the piano and sings like an angel, but will only do it of Zoe is with her. As teenagers Zoe drags Cassie into a talent contest and they're catapulted into the spotlight. Fame affects them differently and a tragic event has each blaming herself. 20 years later both are hiding from the public for their own reasons until Zoe's daughter Cherry digs around in the forbidden past. I loved this book- and for all the Cassies out there: BRAVO! #netgalley #thegriffinsistersgreatesthits

An exciting romantic thriller set against the background of a musical family, The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits is highly recommended. A page turner, a compelling family drama full of secrets and an multigenerational thread, it is almost impossible to put it down. Sisters Cassie and Zoe face the consequences of their choices, some they made, others that were made for them by the music industry. Step out Zoe's teenage daughter Cherry and it gets even more interesting, Cherry's quest is to discover the truth about what happened to the band as well as to break into the music industry.

Author Jennifer Weiner has done it again and kicked a winner out of the park.

Loved this book, such Daisy Jones vibes. Great story filled with flawed but lovable characters. It deserved to be one of Jennifer Weiner's greatest hits.

I really enjoyed this book! it was so fun & i adored the characters and the storyline, it made me want to keep reading. i could not put it down! such a good read!

this book was told in such a crafty and engaging way, that I simply could not stop reading! I was invested from the start, and the build-up was done great, as was the ultimate climax. loved this, and can recommend it!

For one glorious year the Griffin Sisters soundtracked young America, fronted by pretty Zoe but driven by talented Cassie, the band had a top album. Then tragedy hit, the band imploded and twenty years later, Cassie is a recluse living as far away from people as she can and Zoe is a suburban soccer mom. When Zoe's eldest child starts to look for answers the truth behind the band comes out.
There has been a slew of novels over the past couple of years around imaginary music acts and this is the latest. It's definitely not the best but not the worst either. It's a slightly sanitised version which plays heavily on the family relationships and less on the sex and drugs and rock and roll. As a lightweight read for summer it is brilliant but don't expect a lot of depth.

‘The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits’ by Jennifer Weiner tells the story of estranged siblings Cassie and Zoe, charting the course of their brightly burning but short-lived music career and exploring themes of grief and loneliness. The story is told in dual timelines, with recollections of the early 2000s juxtaposed against contemporary tales of isolation in a bleak Alaskan winter and PTA motherhood in New Jersey.

I love how well the author painted both sisters. While Cassie was relatable and elicited sympathy and admiration, her flaws were laid bare, and Zoe became more vivid as her motivations were explored. I also enjoyed the sections describing Zoe’s daughter Cherry’s experiences on a reality TV show and the music magazine cuttings which perfectly captured naughties pop and sprinkled a bit of fun into the narrative.

This emotional, heartbreaking and life-affirming tale of fame, talent, jealousy and betrayal gets five stars from me. The characters and story truly sang to me, and I’d recommend it to anyone!

I received a Digital Review Copy of this book from the publisher HQ via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Jennifer Weiner beautifully tells a story of family, forgiveness and rock and roll. In dual timelines she tells of the rise of the Griffin Sisters, their disappearance at the height of their career and their lives twenty years later. While attending pre-school, Cassie is discovered as a musical prodigy. She could hear any song and immediately play it on the piano. She was being trained in classical music when her sister Zoe asked her to perform with her at an open mic night. Their careers took off from there. Zoe wanted the fame and attention but had little talent. Cassie was the true attraction with her incredible voice, but she was extremely shy and could not handle performing before people without her sister. When a songwriter is brought in to work closely with Cassie it sparks jealousy in Zoe, who feels she is being pushed out. Within a year of their discovery tragedy strikes and Cassie disappears. Twenty years later, Zoe is the mother of three children. Cherry, her oldest, is eighteen and wants a career in music, which Zoe discourages. Chosen for a music competition, Cherry is determined to find her aunt, ask her to be her mentor and finally learn the truth of what happened to the Griffin Sisters.

Weiner takes you through the discovery, promotion, constant travel, the need to produce new music and the exposure to the fans. She cites lyrics from some o pf the musicians of the 2000s music scene as well as those composed by Cassie. Both sisters have been living with the guilt from the events that led to their break-up, but they are family. Cherry’s involvement finally offers a chance at forgiveness and reconciliation. This is an unforgettable story that is guaranteed to bring you to tears and stay with you long after the final note has been sung. I would like to thank NetGalley and HQ for providing this book.

This is a story of two sisters ,one beautiful but with no talent and the other very talented but shy and likes to hide in the shadows. In 2000 they form a band and become very famous and then their fame dies and the two girls are torn apart by a man and tragedy. Set in two time lines 2000 and the present this is a good family drama .Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC.

A gripping story following the highs and lows of a music band: love, music, loss, grief. It was all very engaging and the references to early 2000s music made it all feel real and relatable. Recommended!

The perfect musical drama that will thrill fans of Daisy Jones and the Six. There are some amazing tunes referenced throughout that make great listening as you read. The story revolves around two sisters Cassie and Zoe. Cassie is a musical genius, but is withdrawn and ordinary in appearance. Zoe has little talent, can sing a little, but dazzles in appearance. Together they form Yhe Griffin Sisters, who draw in crowds of fans. One fateful night shatters the band. Years later, Zoe's daughter, whines desperate to become a star, comes across their music.and is determined to uncover the story that he rather has kept hidden. This is a read that needs a soundtrack to him along to. #thegriffinsistersgreatesthits #jenniferweiner #netgalley

A great story of love, loss, sibling rivalry and living with consequences. It kept me gripped and I enjoyed the different story teller perspectives.

This book is not my usual serial killer thriller but give me a book that revolves around music and I am there. Add in the 90’s and I am a happy girl. And for a book without murder ai really enjoyed it 😅

This is a story of 2 sisters who couldn’t be more different. Zoe is beautiful, confident and ruthless. Cassie is a musical prodigy, overweight and timid. As The Griffin Sisters they rise to fame very quickly but after one album and tour they disappear. 20 years later, and Zoé’s daughter wants a music career which brings out family secrets and memories.

I loved Cassie and really wanted her to succeed, but Zoé was so awful! Some of the things that she did to her own sister were just horrible. I did love hearing the story through dual timelines and points of view. A flashback to 90s music and celebrity, always fun,

Thanks so much to HQ on NetGalley for my advanced copy to read.