“Banger Finds Out,” Kelly Cherry
Relatively simple plot that’s a wee bit heavy on the back-story. Use of Nazism as a paradigm for evil = too easy. Loved the characterizations of Plummy and Banger, although I think they both might be too likable, good, sincere, loving, etc. to be considered full characters (everyone loved Plummy in high school even though she was a raging slut? It’s a mature viewpoint to believe that lots of sex does not a bad person make, but high schoolers aren’t mature. In real life, Plummy would have a fair share of haters. Sorry, that’s a small point, but it seems that Cherry was too attached to her characters’ likability, and they seem almost fairytale-ish.)
-M
