[1] Rachna Chhabria of Deccan Chronicle wrote "The book is a decent read.

I get the feeling that Manjhi will figure in more books; that Solanki has more plans for this likeable hero.

"[2] G. Sampath of The Hindu wrote "Tanuj Solanki new crime thriller 'Manjhi's Mayhem' makes one of society's 'extras', a Dalit, the prime mover".

[3] Sayari Debnath of Scroll.in wrote "Tanuj Solanki has masterfully constructed the exhilarating underbelly of Mumbai whose stories we have so come to love.

"[4] Saurabh Sharma of Moneycontrol wrote "Manjhi's Mayhem is a unique literary fiction"[5] and Mayank Jain Parichha of The New Indian Express described the novel as "an important work of contemporary fiction".