Li Ang, in criticizing Herd of Elephants, says of the book's imagery, "Startled by crocodiles, lizards, elephants and floods, dumbfounded by great rivers, incessant rains and guerrilla warfare, we, the worn-out readers of the end of the 20th century have again found a space for fantasy. We hear the call from the deepest wells of life and are baptized in its waters."
以文字意象而言，李昂評《群象》認為，「在大水、蜥蜴、鱷魚、群象的驚嚇，在久雨、長河、游擊戰的震驚中，我們，厭倦的二十世紀末讀者，的確重找到了一個幻想的空間，接受來自生命底層的呼喚與洗禮。」