A quick thrill ride read, we have triplets and their mom who was told she has 6 weeks to live. Some relationships are estranged here, an ex husband is around, and we find out the mom has actually been poisoned for the last year. What results is a raging who done it. I enjoyed the book, it kept my attention. I didn't love any of the characters, but it was ok nonetheless. Recommend for a thriller/mystery fan and thankful for the ARC!

Six Weeks to Live was a pretty good thriller. Jennifer is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer given six weeks to live but discovers that not long before her diagnosis, she was possibly poisoned. Now with literally just weeks left, the clock is running out for her to discover who was trying to get rid of her.

This was a good novel of suspense until it got to the plot reveal, which contains one of my "trigger" plot devices...not trigger in the sense of trigger warning, but one that makes me dislike it because is so overused, that it annoys me when authors continue to write it into their novels. I won't say more because of spoilers, but that is where everything unraveled for me.

Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced reader copy. I love McKenzie books! I was so happy to get the chance to read this early! I loved the premise of this. Something so different from the usual. It started off suspenseful. Towards the middle I didn’t know why so many family dynamics, but by the end it made total sense why the dynamics were played up so much. I can’t say I loved any of the characters! They were meant to be complicated, not likable. I started to figure out the plot twist towards the end, but I did enjoy the ending and found myself turning pages to find out what happens. Overall, not my ultimate favorite McKenzie book, but a solid read, and I’ll keep reading her books.

I love this author. It took me a while to get into the story, but once I was in...hold on! What a story. I absolutely loved it! 5 well deserved stars.

Story starts with 47 year old Jennifer Barnes, mother of adult triples and twin grandsons being told she has terminal brain cancer. Yep! has six week to live.
I certainly wasn’t drawn to this story because of the title; what got me was when it was described as a psychological thriller! I am a big Psychological Thriller fan ~ the more twists and turns the better and if I cannot figure it out I totally LOVE it!
Additionally! I knew this was going to be great as there were many 4 and 5 star reviews from readers I trust!
Hmmm
Well true there is a twist that I didn’t suspect; however, there was so much sad family drama from characters who were not only unlikeable but unbelievable!
Not my usual enjoyable psychological thriller read.

I have only read 5 of author Catherine McKenzie novels, there is a lot of praise for her many novels; I certainly will read another but this was a 3 star read for me! ⭐⭐⭐

Want to thank NetGalley and Altra Books for this early release granted to me in exchange for an honest professional review. Opinions expressed are my own.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for May 4, 2021

Wow! This book really takes turn. I felt for the torn family and hoped Jennifer's cancer was a bad diagnosis! Funny how greed and jealousy in a family can push all limits!!! I rate this book a 3.8!

This book falls into domestic drama rather than the psychological thriller. The premise is very compelling which kept me reading to find out what was all this about. It’s filled with unlikable characters with most messed-up minds. It always eludes me how one can be cruel toward their family. I was stunned, appalled, and dismayed when I turned the last page. It made me little sad for the fate brought onto a particular character.

This starts with Jennifer finding out that she has cancer and six weeks only to live. Immediately she finds something that makes her suspicious that she has been slowly poisoned. She took it upon herself to find out who is responsible before she runs out of time. Told through the POVs of Jennifer and her triplets Emily, Aline, and Miranda.

Aline is an ice maiden. She had a fall out with her mom over something which was revealed at the later part of the book. Her heart not even started thawing for her mother after hearing about her impending death. My mind boggled over thinking about how could people be this cold hearted.

Emily is the sensible daughter out of the three. Always there to take care of her mother, though she has been suffering from postpartum depression and had her own struggles. Miranda is irresponsible, struggling to make ends meet.

My heart goes out for Jennifer. Though appearing delusional to other people, she stuck to her mission of finding the answers. You have to be read about how she got out of a very tricky situation involving cops by borrowing a leaf from her husband’s book. It was so funny.

After the explosive start, the pace slowed down a little where I felt story going in circles and thinking nothing
exciting happening. Stick to it because shocking secrets are waiting to be unearthed and the pace picks up
slowly.

The best part I loved about this book is the impressions formed at the beginning are completely reversed. This is story about a dysfunctional family and weird dynamics between them. These daughters were selfish to the core, obnoxious, and never seemed distressed for their mother. These two expressions “Chip of old block” and “Gets the taste of their own medicine” perfectly describe certain characters.

Thanks to NetGalley and the Atria for providing a digital copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Six weeks to live is about a woman - Jennifer (a forty-eight-year-old mother to triplets) who finds out she has terminal cancer and only has six weeks to live. At first she wants to spend her remaining days with her three daughters and two grandsons but after reviewing her medical records she feels she may have been poisoned and she is determined to figure out who might have done this to her. She’s suspicious of her soon to be ex-husband, Jake but as the weeks go on all three of her daughters become suspects to her. Who would want Jennifer dead and why?
This book is filled with suspense and family drama. I initially thought it was going to be a gripping psychological thriller but its more of a domestic drama. I really enjoyed how the story was told from the POV’s of Jennifer and her three daughters. McKenzie did a really good job keeping them individual and giving them each their own voice which made each character relatable to the audience.
Ive read a lot of Catherine McKenzies books and this one was good. I’m giving it 4 stars because the plot line was good and the pace was steady but the book never really changes gears; it doesn’t really ramp up.
One last note - the girls use the term “fork” (“what the fork”, “fork off”) instead of the “F-word” and it drove me a bit crazy! I was ready for that phrase it to be forking done!
Thank you to NetGalley and Artia Books for the advanced digital copy.

Six Weeks to Live begins with Jennifer Barnes, a woman in her 40s, receiving a cancer diagnois with 6 weeks or so left to live. She is the mother of adult triplets and going through her own divorce. Over the course of the book we follow the reactions of her daughters, her mother and her soon to be ex-husband. We also learn the previous year Jennifer’s lab tests showed excessive lead in her blood which leads her to wonder if someone was poisoning her.
This book had me hooked from the start based on how the character’s handled Jennifer’s bad news, how they interacted with each other and wondering if Jennifer was poisoned or if it was all in her head. There’s family drama and some twists that will have you sometimes rooting for a character and sometimes questioning your reasoning.

I was engaged with this one for the first 75%, but not completely wowwed. And then.....the last quarter of the book just went completely off the rails. I have SO many issues with the ending on this one - completely unrealistic at best with problematic representation at worst. I was really looking forward to this one, and I am completely bummed after finishing.

In her latest Ms. McKenzie explores the familial relationships and how they are coping with the approaching death of a loved one. “Six Weeks to Life” is a family drama with heart and secrets. This is Jennifer’s story, a middle age mother of triplets, grown women, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and given six weeks to live. To top this terrible diagnosis she is in the process of an unpleasant divorce from her husband of many years. In the face of what is to come Jennifer decides to spend what little time she had left with her daughters and twin grandsons. But things are not smooth sailing...

Told in alternate chapters with each in their distinct voice, the story is told from the point of view of Jennifer and her three daughters. The pace is a bit slow way too slow for my taste it kinds of jog along with many repetitions. The family dynamic is at its lowest, they squabble a lot and their communication seemed frivolous. But as the book progresses, we see more of the ghosts behind their dysfunction and about turn sets in and the story gets a bit more interesting.

I did not find much suspense rather a tedious read. All through, Jennifer and her girls were obsessed over their father and over the secrets they hid from each other. What a bunch of bratty and childish daughters and Jennifer was not much better. Half way when the tempo lost its steam and the bickering from the characters never ended I wanted to abandon this boring story till finally I reached the last chapter and wow a twist I never saw coming.

Although, this latest is not my favourite, I will not give up on this author.

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free, electronic ARC of this novel received in exchange for an honest review.
Expected publication date: May 4, 2021
Catherine McKenzie's ELEVENTH novel, "Six Weeks To Live" is a pulse-pounding medical drama about family secrets so deep and dark, it takes a tragic diagnosis to bring them to light.
Miranda, Aline and Emily were famous triplets in their youth, reveling in the free vacations, TV spots and swag given to them merely for being born sharing a uterus. Now, they are adults and their life is shattered when their mother tells them she has gliobastoma, an incurable brain cancer, and has only six weeks to live. After that news, the triples are still in shock when their mother reveals that she believes her cancer is a result of lead poisoning- and that someone in her inner circle poisoned her. The obvious suspect is Jennifer's ex husband (and the girls' father), Jake, but not all of the girls are convinced Jake would go to such lengths. But who else would want Jennifer dead? And has she really been poisoned at all?
"Six Weeks" has all of the plot twists and turns that you come to expect from McKenzie. With the realistic undertones of mental illness (specifically Manic Depression, Munschausen's by Proxy and Postpartum depression), this is a novel that will pull you in and keep you dangling on the edge of your seat until the very end.
All of the characters in this novel have a dark side, with secrets that make any and all of them realistic suspects. When the ending is revealed, not only is it believable but it is also unexpected (the perfect combination!). The unique "triplet" plot line was creative and entertaining!
McKenzie continues to deliver engaging, suspenseful stories with honest and realistic characters, and after eleven novels under her belt, she shows no signs of slowing down!

3.5 rounded up. I struggled with how to rate this book. The story itself felt fresh, even once MBP was introduced. I feel we see that in a lot of this genre, but the idea of how adult children deal with just figuring it out was new and interesting. It was the ending that bothered me. The idea that one daughter got so angry to retaliate? The final few chapters just didn’t hit well for me. I almost would’ve preferred it have been predictable and been the husband. Speaking of, I will say every character in this was pretty unlikable; Jake being the worst, but even putting the MBP aside, the daughters were ungrateful and quite cruel to their dying mother. Overall I enjoyed this read and have been a fan of McKenzie so I’ll definitely be sticking around for future novels.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The story had an interesting beginning, premise and plot but fell somewhat short of my expectations. It felt too repetitious to me, and I didn't care for any of the characters.

Jennifer is told that she has cancer with only about six weeks to live. She deduces that she was poisoned and blames her ex-husband. Her triplet daughters disagree and are not as supportive as one would expect children to be towards a dying parent. There are enough family secrets gradually revealed to cause me to ponder on the fact that maybe all families have secrets. So now I'm wondering if there are things my siblings have never told me. 😀

I went into reading this books with high hopes- main character finds out she has cancer in the first chapter and has 6 weeks to live....but wait. She might have been poisoned a year back causing this to happen to her.

I was expecting a thriller, but it was more of a slow-moving domestic drama where nothing good happens to a family of unlikeable characters. I predicted the ending early on and the twist... *eye roll*.

It has great ratings so I must be in the minority of readers who could not get into this McKenzie novel, but I would pass on this one.

A mother finds out she has cancer and has just weeks to live, but she suspects she has been poisoned. Honestly, this premise was just too depressing and dark for me. It also bothered me that the daughters didn’t seem upset enough about their mom’s impending death.

Jennifer discovers she has a terminal brain tumor and has six weeks to live. She thinks her tumor could have been caused by being poisoned. She is in a race against time to find out who possibly poisoned her.

This book was a fast paced read. It was told through multiple perspectives which I really enjoyed. The ending was perfect. I would rate this book 4 1/2 stars. It had enough family drama to keep me entertained and wanting more. The pace was good and it was really hard to put this book down. There were many times when I told myself one more chapter, only to continue on. I will definitely read more titles by this author.

Thank you Atria Books and Netgalley for allowing me to arc of Six Weeks To Live.
With a title like this, don't expect this to be an uplifting book! I was expecting a thriller, but it was more of a slow-moving domestic drama. It was so slow and I didn't connect to any of the characters,so I found myself skimming to get to a more dramatic part. A lot of time was spent on the characters and what they said and felt. If you don't need to like characters and are not expecting a fast-moving thriller you would probably enjoy this book because the story is great and the ending is interesting.

This was a great psychological thriller! There is not much I can say about why I loved the plot without giving too much away, but let's just say everyone has their secrets. Lots of family drama, some fascinating mental illness and of course, a perfect twist at the end. Great book!

Catherine McKenzie has done it again! Her latest book really explores the dark side of humanity. She writes wonderful relatable characters that could be your neighbor or maybe somewhat just like you. As always, she keeps you guessing until the very end and just when you think you know what the ending will be she throws you a curve ball. Her books are not my usual go-to genre, but I look forward to each new book because I know that I will not be able to put it down once I start it because I just have to know how it will end.