Though sex, politics, and power were elements of this work as well, by the time it was published in 2000 the sexual revolution had reached Taiwan. Writing by women was commonplace, and the book did not attract the attention its predecessors had.
只可惜，2000 年《自傳小說》出版後，雖然政治、權勢與情慾等李昂作品中的要素依舊鮮明，但在世紀末女性書寫及性解放風氣大開、連女性主義者都啞口無言的時代，這本書也再難掀起往日的波濤了。