I received a free DRC of this book through Netgalley. I love Jennifer Weiner's books and I love books about sisters since I had 6 of them. This book about the Griffin Sisters and their rock band years brought up a lot of nostalgia for me with the pop culture references. I could easily imagine them growing up as I did during the heyday of malls and teeny boppers. This book covers the spectrum from sad to funny. I enjoyed it greatly and had a hard time putting it down.

Another great hit by Jennifer Weiner. In true fashion, she does an excellent job developing the characters and the story. I was hooked from he very beginning of this well developed story.

This book was great! I loved the complexity of the sisters relationship,and the overall plot of this story.
I think Jennifer Weiner has another bestseller with this one!

I love everything Jennifer Weiner writes and The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits was no exception! This book is so good - I couldn't put it down!

Cassie and Zoe form a band in the 90's and make it really big- at least until one of their bandmates dies. Afterward, Cassie goes to Alaska to live in isolation and Zoe remarries and pretends like that part of her life never happened. When Zoe's teenage daughter Cherry peruses music and wants them to reunite to help launch her career, the Griffin Sister must decide if they're ready to confront each other and their pasts.

I loved this book. I have liked, but not loved, Weiner's last few books, but this one feels like she's back to her own wonderful self. I definitely felt vibes from her best older book In Her Shoes with the complicated sister relationship. I loved the music and band storylines and the love triangle and the American Idol-like reality show for Cherry. I didn't always agree with the characters' choices, but it made for a good story. What I didn't love was the constant mentioning of Cassie's size (without more explanation), but that is a common Weiner theme (think Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips here.) I also have complicated feelings about the stepson character and the use of his actions, but I do like how it was handled in the end (I'm just not sure it was necessary or added anything to the story.)

I think this is one of Weiner's best books and that is a high bar.

Thank you to Netgalley for the advance copy for review.

Estranged sisters Cassie and Zoe haven’t spoken in 20 years since their band broke up. Zoe’s daughter Cherry had the musical talent of her aunt and is on a mission to break way from her unsupportive mother and into the spotlight, but must find her aunt along the way. Enjoyed this three person POV as it reveals the past trauma and the slow road to family reunion and forgiveness. Thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for an advanced copy in exchange for a fair review.

Jennifer Weiner hit another home run with this novel. Telling the story from the POV of the two sisters as well as a daughter provided a lot of depth and great insight. My heart was breaking for Cassie as I could feel her internal struggle of wanting to be free through her beautiful voice while also feeling trapped in her negative view of her body and discomfort in the world around her. Zoe, too, despite being physically attractive, struggled with her own insecurities.

Well, it’s been a minute. A minute that was about seven months long but I’m back with this soon-to-be-released book by @jenniferweinerwrites! I’ve read all her books over the years and this one did not disappoint.

Sisters Cassie and Zoe are as different as can be, yet they find themselves thrust into the spotlight in the early aughts as their band The Griffin Sisters skyrockets to fame.

And then the band breaks up.

Flash forward twenty years — Cassie’s in hiding, Zoe’s a mom and housewife. They don’t speak. And then Zoe’s teen daughter starts and avalanche that reveal secrets and lies and lots of other things that the sisters have carried privately.

I loved this book! I liked (or disliked at some points!) Cassie, Zoe, Cherry, and Russell. I thought about them when I had to out the book down. I wanted goodness for them and I wanted to scream at them. Even though I’m not musical, I appreciate music so much and remember being a young adult at the time the Griffin Sisters rose to stardom and it felt fun to read about this fictional group.

If you liked Daisy Jones by @tjenkinsreid or Satisfaction by @andeereilly, this is a good for you!

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

The bottom line of this book is that it is about family and forgiveness. The story of two sisters, Cassie & Zoe. Zoe is beautiful and dreams of fame. Cassie is beyond gifted musically but is not your normal vision of a star. Despite not being one of the spotlight, Cassie agrees to form a band with her sister. The Griffin Sisters have a meteoric rise to fame. But there are secrets behind the scenes.

Cassie has since sought a life in hiding. And Zoe dealing her failed dreams and a more domestic life.
It is not until, Cherry, Zoe's daughter tries to follow her dreams of being a music star, that the sisters even have the possibility of a reunion.

I have long enjoyed Jennifer Weiner's books. This one did not disappoint.
4.5 stars rounded up to 5.

The Griffin sisters are a fascinating pair, and this story told from three different points of view, showcases how those you love the most can betray you, and also ultimately, how they can be redeemed. The relationship between the sisters is nuanced, balancing love, jealousy and resentment in a way that only a sibling relationship can. Jennifer Weiner has another hit on her hands! I thoroughly enjoyed Cassie, Zoe and Cherry’s story.

The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner did not disappoint! I throughly enjoyed this book. I was captivated as a love triangle unfolded with mystery, and plenty of family drama. Weiner did a great job of developing the characters in a way that allowed me to connect with each one. Join two sisters as they journey through life chasing dreams, forging through hard times, and facing crushed dreams with devastating consequences that change the lives of all the characters forever.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollinsPublishers for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I have very mixed feelings about The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits... like hard to decide what to say about this one. I guess first off I will say that it was entertaining, which I will almost always say about a book about fame and behind the scenes of celebrity life. I was always going to be some level of entertained based on the fact this book is about two sisters rising to fame and then what comes after.

Here is where my mixed feelings come into play... it read as very fatphobic. The two sisters are very different in a multitude of ways. One is traditionally pretty and skinny, the other is apparently ugly and fat. The pretty one is a moderately good singer and wants fame. She's also, basically a terrible person. The ugly one is an AMAZING singer and a prodigy at all things music related... but she is ugly, fat, socially awkward, possibly autistic (but never really addressed), and wants to stay in the shadows... oh, and did we mention fat? I don't know, it just really rubbed me the wrong way. If you can get over the fatphobia, it's a wild ride on the journey to fame and what people will do to keep it! Like I said, entertaining, but with flaws that really detract from the enjoyment.

Zoe is hugely insufferable, but Cassie and Cherry more than make up for what a horrible person Zoe is.

I enjoyed this book immensely.

It’s a heartbreaking story of love found and lost in a matter of weeks. I wished the author delved more into autism to understand the character better.

It may only be January, but I know this will be one of my favorite reads from 2025. The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits tells the story of 2 sisters spanning 40 years and their quick rise to fame. Each character was well developed and the book was beautifully written. Dining a nonlinear timeline from multiple viewpoints is not easy and this was executed perfectly.

I received this book as an ARC. I’ve read a few of Weiner’s other books and this is my favorite so far. It felt like a less intense version of Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, so if you liked that, you’ll like this book.

It’s about two sisters who climb to fame quickly and become the Griffin Sisters Band. Zoe is beautiful but not necessarily musically talented and Cassie is overweight and not very good-looking but is a musical prodigy who has a natural talent since preschool. The story revolves around their fame, their mutual love for one of their bandmates, and Zoe’s future daughter. It goes back and forth between their band days and the present life twenty years later.

Weiner does a nice job developing the characters and building a somewhat suspenseful story in which you want to keep reading to find out how the present turned out the way it did.

This was a little different from some of Weiner's other books - I think being set against the backdrop of the music industry just gave it a very different feel. But the core elements of the story were very much in line with what I love about Weiner's novels - so much about family dynamics, including all the messy and honest moments that reveal so much about the characters and their motivations. It bounces back and forth between different viewpoints and timeframes, starting with a young woman - Cherry - who hopes to make it in the music industry, despite her mother's disapproval, and who dreams of reuniting with a long-lost aunt she’s never met. The backstory is that of the Griffin Sisters, who rose to fame with their band in the early 2000s - the beautiful, outgoing, spotlight-seeking (and maybe not super talented, musically) Zoe, and her very shy and musically gifted sister Cassie. We learn about their whirlwind rise to fame, which ultimately ends in a tragedy and the band's susequent breakup. As Cherry embarks on her journey to what she hopes will be success in the music industry, the Griffin Sisters' story unfolds alongside hers. But of course, it's about so much more than trying to find success in the world of rock and roll. It's about mothers and daughters, sisterhood, families, relationships, self-acceptance, and forgiveness. The rock-and-roll aspect of it is really unique, though, and I like the different dimensions it brought to the story. Another winner by one of my favorite authors. Thank you to Net Galley for the digital ARC.

Jennifer Weiner delivers another delightful title driven by rich, complex characters. Avid readers will enjoy this latest tale of family, success and the price of fame.

I LOVED this book. and could not stop reading it. It was the perfect combination of fun (early 2000's nostalgia! sudden fame!) and serious (sibling rivalry, weight discrimination, hinted-at neurodivergence). I could have spent way more time with Zoe and Cassie and maybe would have reduced the role of Cherry, but that would be my only critique. Even though I read this as an eARC, I am definitely going to be buying the beautiful edition with the sprayed edges and displaying it proudly on my shelves.

Another great story from an author I follow and who didn't disappoint this time.

Zoe and Cassie are sisters born less than a year apart and who could not be more different. Zoe is the pretty one with the dream to be a music star. Cassie is very likely on the autism spectrum, but not diagnosed, so she is looked at as the odd one, the heavy one and the one who needs to be led by her sister until at the age of 4 she is discovered to be a musical prodigy. This makes Cassie want to hide and makes Zoe the second place sister in the field she'd hope to master.

Their fame comes about due to Zoe's determination and Cassie's talent. When they are discovered and launched into the music field they are not prepared, but Zoe is ecstatic- stardom here I come! Cassie hides behind her piano, but is told she sings like an angel. Along comes song writer Russell who really hits it off with Cassie's musical education and abilities while Zoe appeals to him for her looks. The old line 3 is a crowd can be applied here.

Much of the story is told with a storyline going back and forth from the early 2000's to 2024 and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you NetGalley for an advance reader copy. Honest opinions expressed here are my own and are freely given.