arm ▁the ▁so cks ▁off ▁the ▁most ▁hard ened ▁soul ", ▁but ▁that ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁stories ▁fall ▁flat . ▁The ▁review ▁in ▁the ▁Qu ill ▁& ▁Qu ire ▁notes ▁Su zu ki ▁" has ▁not ▁written ▁an ▁indul gent ▁aut obi ography " ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁" is ▁too ▁pol ite ▁to ▁d ish ▁on ▁his ▁enemies ". ▁Writing ▁for ▁The ▁V ancouver ▁Sun , ▁Robert ▁W iers ema ▁states ▁that ▁while ▁" his ▁life ▁is ▁an ▁open ▁book   ... ▁[ y ] ou ▁get ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁meeting ▁the ▁real ▁Su zu ki ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ." ▁W iers ema ▁calls ▁him ▁" a ▁natural ▁story t eller ". ▁The ▁New ▁Zealand ▁List ener ▁review ▁states , ▁" as ▁a ▁writer , ▁he ▁has ▁the ▁charm ▁of ▁a ▁high - school ▁ge ek ▁des per ately ▁trying ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁date   ... ▁but ▁ultimately ▁it ' s ▁what ▁allows ▁his ▁story ▁to ▁conv ince ". ▁Several ▁critics ▁find ▁Su zu ki ' s ▁writing ▁on ▁death ▁to ▁be ▁particularly ▁well - done . ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁review ers ▁compared ▁this ▁book ▁with ▁the ▁earlier ▁one , ▁Met am orph osis . ▁ ▁The ▁Ed mont on ▁Journal ▁cons iders ▁David ▁Su zu ki : ▁The ▁Aut obi ography ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁candid ▁and ▁insight ful ▁than ▁the ▁previous ▁book . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Peter ▁Des bar ats , ▁writing ▁in ▁Liter ary ▁Review ▁of ▁Canada , ▁suggests ▁that ▁ ▁Met am orph osis ▁had ▁more