In particular, one review of The Strange Garden noted that the themes treated in contemporary Taiwan letters-gender, national identity, urban problems-are parallel to the themes treated in contemporary Western literature, thus enabling Taiwan literature to be a part of "world literature."
黃英哲指出，日本「朝日新聞」、「產經新聞」等大報書評欄都加以介紹，其中關於《迷園》的書評指出：「當代台灣小說所處理的議題──性別問題、國族問題、都會問題，與歐美當代小說處理的議題不謀而合，台灣文學也能進入世界文學之林。」