This was my first time reading from Sophie Lewis and as someone who is very interested in her areas of specialty, I was really looking forward to it! Sadly this particular book wasn’t for me. I DNF’d around 30%. Enemy Feminisms is definitely going to be a perfect place to start or continue learning for those newer to reading about the incredibly varied and scary versions of ‘feminism’ in society today. 

I still plan to read Sophie Lewis’ previous shorter books on Family Abolition as this is where my initial interest in Lewis’ works began. I have a strong hope that this will be more successful for me. I couldn't help but feel that Enemy Feminisms was perhaps a little too broad in its scope and page count. It often felt to me like information was purposely ‘bulked up’ by the author’s attempts to centre the historical information in current cultural context and to reiterate and rephrase information. Unfortunately, this writing style didn’t work for me personally. 

I am excited to try another of Sophie Lewis’ books and I truly hope this evidently well researched labour of love finds its ideal audience once it’s out in the world.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the e-arc. All opinions are my own.