A review by ravensandlace
Saving Meghan by D.J. Palmer

5.0

Title: Saving Meghan

Author: DJ Palmer

Genre: Adult Thriller

Format: hardback from the library

Series: NA

Star Rating: 5 stars

A special thank you goes to St Martin’s Press and Netgalley for providing me with an early copy of this book. Please know that this does not influence my rating or thoughts on the book itself. I know it says I read it from the library, I did get an eARC for this book, I’m just not sure where it is on my Kindle. 

tw: manipulation, chronic illness, hospitals, medical procedures, child death, domestic violence, child abuse, underage drinking, death, infidelity

Munchausen syndrome by proxy has always fascinated me from a medical standpoint. I’ve heard several horror stories about this disease and it’s amazing how the ones who have it, have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Well, I mean, they do but it’s fascinating how their brain works. For those who may not know what this is, allow me to explain. 

Basically, there are two different types of Munchausen syndrome. The first one is just called Munchausen syndrome. What that one is you purposely harm yourself for attention. Because when you are sick, most of the time, people hover over you and pay attention to you. So people will injure themselves to get that attention. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is similar but instead of injuring yourself, you are injuring a loved one. Typically it happens to mothers and they injure their kids. Because people sympathize with a mom and her poor sick kid. This isn’t a professional statement of the diseases or anything. This is just the basic knowledge I have thanks to my psychology degree. Hence why I picked this book. I had no idea what I was getting into and assumed it was just a basic Munchausen Syndrome by proxy book. 

This whole time I read this book, I had no idea who to trust at all, even Meghan who was the one sick. I couldn’t trust not one single soul and I was living for it. The best POV was Becky, hands down. She was so unbelievably manipulative and didn’t hide it at all. I sympathized with her even though I didn’t want to give her any of my sympathy at all. We also got POV from Meghan and Dr. Nash. And not one of them could be trusted. It messed with me in the best way possible.

Okay, I know this review is literally only four paragraphs with one of them being a medical explanation but trust me when I say that the less you know about this book and its plot, the better. This book has so many twists and turns, that your head will spin. Don't even read the synopsis. Go into this with an open mind and trust no one, not even yourself.