Even Ho Fei-peng, who published The Young Lee Teng-hui, says that he expected Lee's childhood to be "more eventful and moving." When he read the book, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
連出版側寫「少年李登輝」一書的商周文化出版社社長何飛鵬都坦承，他本來期待李登輝小時候的故事會「更曲折、更感人」，看到原稿時，還忍不住有些失望呢。