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Dan did act more like a father than a lover sometimes. I didn't like him and I think he acted out because he got desperate.

Jlprince26 wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 17:06 At first I saw Dan as this strong, independent guy who teetered on the verge of being more like a father figure to Cynthia than a lover, now he's this sappy, lonely, desperate guy who can't get a girl. His character is flawed in so many ways to me. I immediately couldn't stand him when he yelled at Cynthia for missing their date, it wasn't that he yelled at her, it was the tone I could imagine. He acted like her father, not a concerned lover. Anyone else have an opinion on the guy?

LOL. Your description of Dan makes me laugh. Well, I think there may be more to Dan than this book. I think the author must have written more about Dan in the previous book.

I feel that his character could've been much better fleshed out in the book... seems a bit superficial and underdeveloped..

It felt like the author was using Dan as a way to fill the loopholes in the plot. and his character turned out to be cliche

I agree with Nena, I couldn't stand the characters. Cynthia cheated on him with no rhyme, reason or forethought with a guy she barely knew; great moral character there. Dan did not ever show a redeeming quality; everything he did, he did on the sly by stalking her. Sky's only redeeming quality was the two seconds he spent in confession, but snapping into a huge romance where you propose over a woman who you only know from sleeping with her once doesn't strike me as sensible for marriage. It's all too pat and cliche and I'd LOVE more of an undercurrent of Dan being dangerous, descending into depression, spiraling into this rage--the character development he needs to be real.

From what I read, I don't really like Dan.
He came off as too trying, like he was trying to fit into his role as best he can, but it didn't work

Dan kinda stood out to me as the stereotypical "nice guy" since he did a lot of stuff of Cynthia; however, when he didn't get his way, he became very vengeful, possessive and stalker like. All he wanted was Cynthia to do what he wanted to do, when he wanted to do it, and how he wanted to do it without ever taking her needs into consideration or upgrading their relationship status to something more permanent. Once he failed to keep Cynthia with his boring lifestyle, he goes psycho crazy and starts stalking her via a GPS bug he places on her car and other unknown police resources. He uses this intel to find out Cynthia is sick and tries to swoop in and save the day like a "nice guy"; however, he goes nuts and has Sky arrested when he realizes Cynthia is dating someone else even after everything they have been through.

Dan was just as boring as most characters in this book. Obviously this character was poorly developed but so was the rest- the whole plot is a circus! Surely there could be a more clever way of illustrating his insensitivity.

Dan was barely a character at all. He needed to exist as part of the love triangle, therefore he did; he needed to justify Cynthia's cheating, therefore he became a jerk; he needed to push Cynthia into Sky's arm, therefore he became a stalker and abused his authority. The funny (tragic, if you think about it) thing is that Sky is no better: patronizing, obsessive, and unable to respect boundaries. Sure, he had the "honor" to not visit Cynthia when she didn't want to see him, but that didn't stop the endless letters professing his love and making clear he could knock on her door if he wasn't such a nice guy. Seriously, if they were meant as red herrings to paint him as a villain, it worked a bit too well. Not to mention how he just went ahead and got her phone number behind her back, a serious issue that's never addressed.

Dan needed so much more development. It seemed like there was no reason for they ways he would act toward Cynthia like when he yelled at her. I think that all of the characters in this book were half-baked and need some work.

At first I felt bad for the guy. His girlfriend cheated on him with someone she had just met and knows nothing about, while simultaneously flaking on their plans. I guess having his name in the title made me think he was going to be with her in the end.
Later on I was simply uncomfortable with him. He would show up at random moments and he was just creepy and unappealing.

It felt like the author didn't think about Dan's character thoroughly. His character was just created for the beginning, and then he was needed again to tie in some stuff in the book. He was basically an afterthought.

I really felt bad for Dan in the beginning - he did seem like some ordinary guy who was too busy working but obviously wanted to be committed to her, sending her sweet texts, trying to make time. without much backstory or context aside from the texts between them and brief description of Dan, when Cynthia cheated, i was like, dude? how selfish of you? and Sky asking if he was committed to her, and her saying no - they'd been together for three years!!! dude!!!

to me, Dan's behavior at the date before Cynthia left really set up the creeper bit for him, but still, in my opinion Sky is so much weirder. taking a random girl up to his apartment and being all over her, getting her pregnant without a thought and then saying he was in love and wanting to marry her? when she changes her number and email to get away from him, he sends weird little letters pouring out his infatuations? HONEY...

His character was used as a spare puppet in a puppet show. Its character and value changes according to the situation.

I didn't think Dan added anything of value to this story line, which confused me a bit considering he was a title character. His only purpose in the story was to create a conflict for Cynthia, and that conflict was less than impactful since she had no idea what she wanted their relationship to be anyway. We learn that her license plate is ILUVDAN, or something to that effect, which implies that he's important to her but she admits their relationship is dull and sleeps with another man without really giving any thought to Dan, which implies otherwise.