Sin: By the author of DAMAGE, inspiration for the Netflix series OBSESSION (Virago Modern Classics Book 174)

I loved this book. It is one of those sheer delights to read where you are transported to another world. I would read it again and again, as I savoured every word, every page. Josephine Hart is gifted in her writing, her imagery and in developing her characters. An unputdownable book in every way.

This is a replacement for the book I lent to someone who never returned it. It is my favourite book of all time

I read this after finishing Damage - which I enjoyed - and wondered why I had bothered. The writing style is laboured and confusing. The story is ridiculous in the extreme. An overwritten piece of rubbish. Mercifully, it is very short. One to be avoided.

excellent

A good read . It was Chosen by our book group and was generally well recieved

This is a really absorbing page turner which is written in a more engaging style than most. From the beginning it is very difficult to put down.

Excellent. Another Josephine Hart classic. How I wish that this wonderful novelist had written more books.

Unlike some of the other reviewers I have not seen Damage, or read Josephine Hart's other books. I came to it with an open mind.It is a dark tale of a woman's obsession with her beautiful adopted older sister, and her resentment and growing hate for the beautiful, tall and lean, blond Elizabeth. The prose is precise and jagged. At time disjointed, but always beautiful.I found the description of Ruth's stealing personal items from her sister and squirreling them away and bringing them out later as fetishes when the need took her, piquantly sordid.The Lake incident was heartbreaking and I had to stop reading and compose myself. Tragedy follows tragedy and we see Ruth gradually taking on the identity of Elizabeth. Disturbing at times, eventually becoming an emotional car smash that one continues to read in utter fascination.