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Praise for Disappoint Me

Disappoint Me is a refreshingly unsentimental and moving exploration of millennial ennui, prickly friendships and toxic masculinity. It eschews essentialism by depicting modern relationships and the flow o ...

Guardian

Nicola Dinan’s observations are so razor-sharp that you’re sure you’ve met her characters: the self-important East London poet, the over-friendly girl in the bathroom queue, the gap-year student convinced he’ ...

Stylist, ‘Best Books of 2025’

A story of millennial fears and forgiveness, reckoning with past mistakes, stylishly interweaving two compelling voices as they unravel their own love story. Disappoint Me follows Dinan’s debut novel, ...

Vogue, ‘Best Books of 2025’

Disappoint Me is a refreshingly unsentimental and moving exploration of millennial ennui, prickly friendships and toxic masculinity. It eschews essentialism by depicting modern relationships and the flow o ...

Guardian

Nicola Dinan’s observations are so razor-sharp that you’re sure you’ve met her characters: the self-important East London poet, the over-friendly girl in the bathroom queue, the gap-year student convinced he’ ...

Stylist, ‘Best Books of 2025’

A story of millennial fears and forgiveness, reckoning with past mistakes, stylishly interweaving two compelling voices as they unravel their own love story. Disappoint Me follows Dinan’s debut novel, ...

Vogue, ‘Best Books of 2025’

Disappoint Me is a refreshingly unsentimental and moving exploration of millennial ennui, prickly friendships and toxic masculinity. It eschews essentialism by depicting modern relationships and the flow o ...

Guardian

Nicola Dinan’s observations are so razor-sharp that you’re sure you’ve met her characters: the self-important East London poet, the over-friendly girl in the bathroom queue, the gap-year student convinced he’ ...

Stylist, ‘Best Books of 2025’

A story of millennial fears and forgiveness, reckoning with past mistakes, stylishly interweaving two compelling voices as they unravel their own love story. Disappoint Me follows Dinan’s debut novel, ...

Vogue, ‘Best Books of 2025’

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Extract: Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

Extract: Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan

From the Polari Prize winning author of Bellies, Disappoint Me is a voice-driven, funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity. It’s four a.m. and the house party hasn’t thinned. New Year’s! Everyone wants to go to a party, but nobody wants to host a party, and […]