Author Wang Ting-chun writes in his review "The Tide Comes in for Ko Ching-hua": "I have known Ko for many years, but I was quite unaware of the difficulties of his youth. Looking back at his easygoing, elegant style, there was nothing about him to suggest he had ever endured hardship."
作家王鼎鈞在他的書評《隱地漲潮》中表示：「與隱地兄相交多年，全然不知他少年時代的種種艱困，想當年他從容優雅，並無寒門跡象。」