Beautifully crafted and utterly beguiling from the outset.....as a lifelong Sandy Denny fan I really felt like It was written just for me! I shall be recommending it widely and can't wait to hear to the accompanying CD.

I found Greatest Hits to be an unusual and highly enjoyable read. Singer/songwriter, Cass Wheeler, chooses sixteen tracks of music to define her life. She has retired and is preparing to release an album of new material as well as an album of her greatest hits. Each chapter of the novel revolves around one of the new songs she has written remembering the past events that inspired them.

I loved the novel itself but was not much taken with the 'tracks' at the beginning of each chapter which is whyI have given it four stars not five. This is probably subjective as other readers may appreciate the song lyrics more than I did.

Thanks so much to Orion and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review Greatest Hits.

3 stars. This was an easy going read, full of atmospheric writing and story telling.

It takes a while to get going but once it does you really start to connect with the story.

You get a real sense of the characters, good and bad and I liked the journey we go on interspersed with song lyrics.

This is ideal for curling up in bed on a rainy Sunday afternoon, immersing yourself in the characters and rooting for Cass.

Enjoyable.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for this copy.

Sadly I didn't really enjoy this book - I struggled to get into it and found the current day story didn't work for me.

Barnett has invented a new genre altogether - it's biopic lit, taking us artfully through decades of music and society, as if you were there.

Ooooohh!!! Good book!! The intense and multi-dimensional aspects of love and loss are so extraordinarily spun throughout this richly textured, deeply layered story; while, at the same time, bringing life and even like-ability to the deeply flawed characters. Wow!! Loved it!!

Absolutely loved this - interesting characters, relatable storylines, and an interesting use of songs list structure to hang the story on, with present and past mixing to create the world of the main character Cass

First, thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this amazing novel. I'd not read Versions of Us but have bought it immediately upon finishing Greatest Hits.

I've had some personal difficulties that have left me, a 3-4 novel a week reader, unable to finish anything other than an occasional graphic novel. Greatest Hits changed that, gripping me immediately and immersing me in the fascinating life of Cass Wheeler. As a character, Cass is so real, so beautifully and empathetically written, that I had to Google her after finishing the novel, so convinced I was that she was real.

This is a story that feels vivid and plausible, full of rich relationships with their flaws and foibles. It is masterfully written and aware, with such a wealth of research into the times and the music industry that the reader completely suspends all disbelief and feels part of it. I could hear the chords, the rising voice, see the art installation (which dissolved me to tears), and the hope in the final paragraphs.

I cannot recommend this book enough and cannot wait to place it in the hands of my readers.