Literary critic David Wang has called Li a transgressive sorceress of the written word: "She uses the rash words and invective that spew from our mouths to reveal thoughts and fears we are ashamed to mention."
文學評論家王德威曾形容李昂是舞文弄墨的巫者，「她代替我們口吐狂言或穢言，作實了我們羞於啟齒的戒懼與想像。」