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Sweat

By: Emma Healey
Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
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FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ELIZABETH IS MISSING

All Liam ever wanted was to help Cassie reach her full potential; to push her body to new extremes. Exercise, determination, being the optimum versions of themselves together forever. And Liam always knew what was best.

Nothing could break their intense love for one another, not Liam’s obsessive desire for physical perfection or his relentless control of every aspect of Cassie’s life. Until the day he pushes Cassie far beyond her limits, and she walks out of their flat and away from their toxic relationship for good.

Two years on and Cassie is stronger, fitter, healthier than ever before. And then she sees him – Liam – those green eyes, those stirring muscles. Something inside her flips.

But she holds the power now.

It’s Liam’s turn to sweat.


PRAISE FOR EMMA HEALEY'S ELIZABETH IS MISSING

‘Every bit as compelling as the frenzied hype suggests. Gripping, haunting’
OBSERVER

‘A riveting psychological thriller’
STYLIST

‘Utterly compelling’
ROSAMUND LUPTON

‘Will stir and shake you: the most likeably unreliable of narrators,real mystery at its compassionate core’
EMMA DONOGHUE

‘A thrillingly assured, haunting and unsettling novel, I read it at a gulp’
DEBORAH MOGGACH

© Emma Healey 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

 Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction

Critic reviews

Taut, compulsive, and unsettling ... SWEAT had me holding my breath until the final, brilliant end
Sweat will keep you guessing until the very last page…
Will have you glued to the story through every twist and turn. I absolutely loved it!
Part pulsing psychological thriller, part subversive meditation on the way we use (and abuse) our bodies, part noir-ish twisted revenge fantasy, SWEAT is like nothing I’ve ever read before. So addictive it made me miss a tube stop, so unsettling it made me think twice about going to the gym!
An inspired set-up. A clever dynamic that paves the way for a cat-and-mouse thriller. Propulsive
A maze-like game of revenge. Unsettling. Blends a critique of wellness culture with a slow-burn feminist thriller
Emma Healey's tale of control and revenge will have you hooked till the final page (The Style List)
If you spend all of January trying to avoid diet culture, then you need to read this book
A modern thriller about revenge, self-discipline, and control (Eva Wiseman)
Taut and twisty ... claustrophobic psychological tale ... becomes a slow-burn revenge thriller. Takes full advantage of shifting perspectives and disorientating power dynamics as acts of retribution escalate
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The start was slow but picked up a bit. However the entire book is incredibly dark and disturbing and I’m not sure of the payoff

Very dark and disturbing

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This was a story about personal trainers which focussed obsessively on exercise & nutrition. The characters were unlikeable so it was difficult to engage with the story

Unless you are a personal trainer or serious fitness addict, you will probably be bored with all the details about training & do

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my review may be slightly negative as this isn't the genre I usually read/listen to. I thought it was fine, I felt a bit bored in parts and didn't really enjoy the characters.

it was fine

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I was excited when this book came out as I liked the premise and was interested in the themes it covered. But I could only last a few chapters. As someone with past body and eating issues it was tone deaf and completely superficial and I’m sure people that have been in controlling relationships would say the same about the hateful, vindictive “heroine” that comes out of one. The narrative’s “chav” voice was just embarrassing.

So bad I couldn’t finish it

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Book is fine if you are ‘Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder’ (ARFID) had to research the term AND obsessed with the gym. All characters unpleasant even Cassie who left her controlling boyfriend. No idea why I kept listening- it was a bizarre story!!
Accents were embarrassingly dreadful

Strange fascination with the book

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