A review by brittneycloyd
Debutante Hill by Lois Duncan

3.0

Duncan's first novel does not contain the suspense and supernatural found in her later novels. It's a coming of age story about a girl who's not allowed to be a debutante with the rest of her friends. Despite their stilted conversations, the characters have some level of depth. The story was not predictable, though not particularly intriguing, either. It really bothered me that Lynn couldn't participate in the debutante activities but her brother could escort another debutante??? And the narrator didn't have much to say about that; it's like Duncan recognized the double standard of her day but wouldn't fully expose it. All in all, I'd say this was an interesting look at the 1950s but that Duncan became a better author as time went on.