Disappoint Me

In Disappoint Me, thirty-year-old Max, an acerbic, intelligent trans woman working as tech-company legal counsel and writing poetry on the side, finds herself at a crossroads. After a tumble at a New Year’s Eve party, she decides to try a more conventional life. That choice brings her to Vincent, a caring corporate lawyer whose thoughtful gestures seem like the comfort she’s been chasing.

But Vincent carries his own secrets: a decade-old infatuation during a gap year in Thailand, and buried pieces of his identity that threaten everything they’re building. As their relationship unfolds, Dinan shifts between Max’s present and Vincent’s past, exploring themes of forgiveness, loyalty, and whether love can ever outrun disappointment.

Wry, sharp, and deeply humane, Disappoint Me delves into millennial disillusionment, trans and racial identity, and the seductive pull of heteronormativity. Dinan captures everyday life (breakfasts, app dates, awkward family moments) with merciless honesty and luminous emotional depth. It’s a story about real people, unexpected connections, and what it means to accept the messy truth of who we are.