Oh my mushrooms, The Extinction of Irena Rey is incredibly strange, savvy, sly and hard to classify. I also couldn't put it down . . . mad with plot and language and gorgeous prose, and the result is a bacchanal.

The New York Times

The Extinction of Irena Rey surprised me at every turn, moving between profound observations about nature, art, and communication . . . and surreal and baffling happenings that push the characters into a kind of fever-dream reality. Croft has certainly added 'novelist' to the list of writing-related skills she excels at, and what a joy that is to witness.

NPR.org

Croft subverts expectations with a blackly comic, fiercely inventive drama that explores the cult of celebrity and the art of translation (an art this critically acclaimed, award-winning translator has mastered).

Washington Post

As bewildering and beckoning as its cover, Jennifer Croft's locked-room mystery is something like Agatha Christie or Knives Out on mushrooms-ones not unlike those in the book itself.

Elle

Bizarre and brilliant . . . above all tremendous fun . . . The Extinction of Irena Rey teems with rabbit-hole delights at every turn right up to the delicious final twist.

Wall Street Journal

Absolutely bizarre in the best way, it's a fever dream of deception and desire.

People Magazine