The Extinction of Irena Rey

3.5

This was a wild ride, a delusional, deranged ride. I was laughing at the back and forth of the main story and the translator's footnotes and wish we had gotten other perspective to round out the fever dream experience. At the same time though, I know why the “author” didn't do that but I wish the author did. The writing was pretty over the top and if there are readers out there who can pronounce every language and big vocabulary words included in the narrative, more power to you, because I don't think you're real. Unless you're a translator. And even then.