The main character is dying which is not a spoiler and totally explains the book title. She believes she has been poisoned but who did it? I thought the plot sounded original which explains why I asked to review this one. The book dragged on for so long, it literally took me months to even finish it. I cannot agree that this was a thriller. At best, it was a domestic drama. I found it very boring and pretty much every character was truly horrible and unlikable. I am not one to love every character. Actually, I expect not to but this was ridiculous. I am unsure I will be reading any other books by this author.

I love me a messed up dramatic family. I cannot wait to read more by Catherine because her writing just drags you in

Six Weeks to Live has a great premise---a woman diagnosed with cancer has a limited amount of time to discern if she was poisoned or not. It sounds exciting, unique, and mind-boggling. However, as a skeptic (especially when it comes to things of a medical nature,) it was hard to 100% buy into this storyline. Having a set death date sounds haunting, but is not a reality for patients, even those with glioblastoma.

The book itself wasn't poorly written but lacked some of the substance I was searching for. While the book was positioned as a thriller, in reality, it read more like a family drama/suspense story. How a reader expects a book to be plays a major role in their thoughts & feelings while reading it. This book could have benefitted by being advertised in a different genre. Additionally, I didn't have a strong emotional connection to any of the characters. They were all somewhat unlikable, which can make me feel disconnected from the story. As I mentioned earlier, I didn't feel like the medical aspects of this book were accurate or portrayed in a realistic manner. If an author wants to incorporate medicine into a book, that requires a huge undertaking of research & fact-checking. I feel some of that may have been forgone when it came to writing Six Weeks to Live.

While this book didn't end with a "bang!," it was still pleasant and enjoyable. It just didn't pack the punch I expected. This goes to show having a great idea for a plot isn't enough if the words contained in the pages don't back up & support the idea. I like to be surprised at the end of a book and this one didn't do that for me, thus the three-star rating.

Thank you to NetGalley, Catherine McKenzie, and Atria Books for my ARC of Six Weeks to Live.

I don't read a lot of psychological suspense, but I might start!

Six Weeks to Live tells the story of Jennifer Barnes and her recent diagnosis. I love a classic whodunnit which I got from this book. I recommend it to anyone who likes the genre!

I was craving a page turning mystery, and got just what I hoped for with SIX WEEKS TO LIVE.

It gripped me from the start, as matriarch Jennifer is diagnosed with Glioblastoma and has only six weeks to live.

Told from multiple POVs, it was a twisty tale and I loved it.

*many thanks to Atria/Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

I enjoyed the countdown aspect of this book - it made the pacing really interesting, and it made me want to keep turning the pages! A solid psychological thriller.

At a routine doctor's appointment, Jennifer is given unexpected news - she has a brain tumor and only six weeks to live. While looking back at test results from the prior year she find that she has unusually high levels of lead and becomes convinced she has been poisoned and that is the cause of her cancer. Rather than spending time with her loved ones, she spends weeks trying to solve this mystery. There is a twist in the middle of the book that I didn't see coming but is there to explain the ultimate outcome.

Jennifer has a brain tumor and is given six weeks to live. When her blood test results come back, she is shocked to see that her blood has lead in it. Jennifer is convinced that someone has been poisoning her. She blames her husband who wants a divorce, but is he really the culprit?

This book is labeled as a thriller, but it felt more like a women’s literature story about mental health disorders. Only the last couple of chapters really felt suspenseful. Each chapter alternates between Jennifer's or one of her daughter’s points of view which helps the reader get to know the characters better. I really liked the premise of the story, but it disappointed me in the suspense aspect. I would still recommend this book to readers that enjoy a good family drama!
I would also highly recommend McKenzie’s book #youcantcatchmebook for readers that enjoy a great thriller!

Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!

What would you do if you were given only six weeks to live? If you're anything like Jennifer, newly diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, you launch an investigation into why your life is ending so abruptly. Catherine McKenzie's new domestic thriller, Six Weeks to Live, puts a family under the microscope as its matriarch becomes increasingly paranoid in her quest to discover the truth behind the glioblastoma that is ultimately going to kill her.

When Jennifer became pregnant with triplets, she put her dream of becoming a doctor on hold to raise her family. As much as she loves being a mother, she feels she missed her calling, which is why she doesn't hesitate to investigate when a blood test shows that she had unusually high levels of lead in her body a year ago during a time that she was feeling particularly unwell. Paired with her recent brain tumor diagnosis, she can't help but feel that the two are connected. But who would try to kill her? Jennifer suspects her ex-husband, but she has to prove it ... all within six weeks because that's all she has left to live.

Six Weeks to Live pairs a dysfunctional family with a suspenseful plotline, and the result is as crazy as it is convoluted. As you dig deeper into the mystery behind Jennifer's fatal brain tumor, you learn more about this seemingly normal family and discover that they are anything but ordinary. Told from the POVs of Jennifer and her three daughters, Six Weeks to Live uncovers the secrets toxic families keep and the damage that follows its members throughout their lives.

Six Weeks to Live will appeal to readers who enjoy suspenseful stories that are family-centric. If you don't mind your novels being a bit far-fetched and at times obvious, Six Weeks to Live is one wild ride. While I did feel that the plot moved along too slowly for my taste, this novel was nonetheless intriguing and informative.

This book was a wild ride that really took a lot of twists and turns before ending where you least expected it. Jennifer is in her late forties, separated from her husband, with triplet daughters in their twenties. She’s just started to put her life back together after her husband left her for a woman half her age and he’s done nothing but pursue her for a divorce ever since. Her world comes crashing down when she’s given a terminal brain cancer diagnosis with six weeks or so to live. Devastated and desperate for how this could happen to her, she begins looking into her medical files from a year prior and discovers she had high levels of lead in her blood that was never followed up on. She’s becomes obsessed with finding out who would have poisoned her and potentially brought on her cancer. Told from four different perspectives, it kept me guessing until the end.

Six Weeks to Live was a quick thriller that was everything I was looking for! I loved the storyline along with the descriptive characters. Domestic suspense is my favorite type of thriller. The different points of view made the thriller quick and easy to follow along with.

When death is counting down the days... anyone could be a killer.

Jennifer Barnes has just been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour and given only six weeks to live. As readers, we follow Jennifer through her last six weeks and her reflection on her relationships prior in her attempts to figure out who might have been out to get her.

cw: terminal illness, mental illness, cancer, child abuse

Thank you to Catherine McKenzie, Simon & Schuster Canada, Atria Books and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Wow. I can honestly say that I did NOT know what to think for most of this book! Catherine McKenzie did an amazing job at keeping me guessing and second-guessing all of my theories alongside Jennifer. This book really did an amazing job at so many things, including explaining the intricacies and complex nature of familial relationships and deep-seeded trauma. I have to admit that I went into this book nervous that I would not be able to keep track of which triplet was which, but as the novel went on each sister had such a unique voice and storyline that I had no issues identifying the context.

The only criticism I have of this novel, if you can call it that, is that the chapters were titled with the amount of time that Jennifer has left in her 6 week diagnosis, and it ends at exactly six weeks - like clockwork. I understand the author's attempts at adding some context to the story by giving that information in the titles but wonder if there could have been a few extra days added on to add to the mystery - and the realism.

Maybe I'm a sucker for a whodunnit novel but this one had me enjoying the chase the whole way through! For readers who are new to McKenzie's work, I would definitely recommend checking this novel out - it is a great way to pass an afternoon or two!

This was a good book. Good character development, and a really good plot. Thanks for letting me read this book.

Thrillers and I ARE NOT GETTING ALONG.

I loved the synopsis of this. It made me want to read it.

Then I read it.

Then I wish I had DNF’d it 😅

Idk. Maybe not DNF but put it off longer?

The chapters are short. It’s classified as a #PsychologicalThriller. Has a good premise.

Maybe I just didn’t connect with the characters well? Maybe I didn’t like the plot. Maybe I figured it out again. Maybe it was kinda slow. Maybe I’m just weird.

I don’t know.

This is my first book by author Catherine McKenzie and I loved the writing. A good domestic thriller always grabs my attention, and this one was particularly well crafted.

The book starts off quickly, and each chapter seems to reveal another secret - from the mom, her girls, her soon to be ex-husband, and on it goes until an unpredictable finale. I've read several of this author’s books and loved them all, and this is no exception.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book! I will be posting my review on social media, to include Instagram, Amazon, Goodreads, and Instagram!

This book, though! It leaves the reader guessing throughout! I love how McKenzie weaves a web of mystery, leaving the reader to wonder what is what.

Wow!

I knew nothing about this book when I started it, other than very astutely surmising from the title that someone was dying. Oh, if only it were that simple! It is not.

In the opening pages, we learn that Jennifer is dying from a brain tumor. So I’m thinking it’ll be a story of her coming to terms with her mortality. Hahaha, nope.

Soon, we learn that she’s going through a rather rocky separation from her husband, and we begin to get the varying perspectives of her Jennifer’s three daughters, and I’m thinking that it will be a family drama about making peace with the inevitable passing of a loved one. Hahaha, nope.

See, things get hinky when Jennifer begins to suspect that she’s been poisoned and that her terminal condition could be a side effect of that poisoning.

Uh oh.

So, if Jennifer has been poisoned, who did it? Yes, that is the question.

This book was an absolute roller coaster ride and so much fun to read. Before it was done, I was pointing my finger at every character. Yes, I was scratching my head and yelling, “It was you, you tricky culprit!”

I highly recommend this one to anyone and everyone who enjoys a domestic suspense novel with a healthy dose of “WTHeck?” moments! I had a blast with it.

In "Six Weeks to Live", Jennifer Barnes is given the shocking news that she has an aggressive brain tumor and is only expected to live six more weeks. Stunned, she delivers the news to her triplet daughters, flighty mother, and vengeful almost ex-husband. However, she's hiding a secret: she thinks one of them (specifically her husband) is trying to kill her. When her blood test results show that she has an overwhelming amount of lead in her system, she begins looking for ways her husband may have planned this. She knows he wants to get rid of her so he doesn't have to split his money and it can all go to his younger, pregnant girlfriend. However, several of her daughters may have hidden secrets of their own. From spying on her to remembering how she wronged them as children, the girls have revenge in mind as well.

I enjoyed the suspense behind this book, and was surprised by the ultimate culprit. However, many of the characters are just completely unlikable and I wish there had been some justice at the end. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved Six Weeks to Live by Catherine McKenzie. Jennifer, the main character and mother of adult triplets, is diagnosed with a brain tumor and finds out she only has six weeks to live then suspects her soon to be ex-husband has been poisoning her. Lots of family drama in this one! #NetGalley