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Reviewed by Jaqueline Neves for Readers' Favorite
Devils You Know by Miles Watson is a brilliant collection of short stories, some with WW2 themes, gangsters, and paranormal settings, and, of course, the devils we all know make an appearance too. All the stories are great, but I do have favorites. In Nosferatu, a Nazi officer learns that we are all the same under the skin. Pleas And Thank Yous is a story with unexpected justice or is it? Shadows And Glory is a hard-hitting WW2 story of morality and the ideological impact from a Nazi family's perspective. This short story would be amazing as a full-length novel. In Identity Crisis, a young man has always identified himself as per other people’s expectations of him, never finding out his true identity until he goes to the YMCA gym. On this self-discovery journey, the identity he finds is not what you would expect.
In Devils You Know, each short story is brought to life in a poetically descriptive way. I enjoyed the conclusions of the stories, which are all unusual or unexpected. The themes brought out in the collection include self-identity and social justice, but the one that stands out the most to me is the message about societal delinquency, of not taking accountability for oneself and the consequences of one’s actions. Never acknowledging the devil we know the best: ourselves. The pace of the stories kept me turning the pages, wanting to read more. Miles Watson has a lyrical way with words, describing the scenes most beautifully.
