Your opinion on Cynthia's character
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Re: Your opinion on Cynthia's character
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Yes! I hope the author gets the idea that we want stronger, smarter characters. Cynthia's character was what I used to call a "TV Woman" in the 1970s! A damsel in distress. There is a plot type for those, but this kind of book isn't it.B Creech wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 01:13 WOW! Seems like we all felt the same about Cynthia! From the very beginning when she allowed a stranger to manipulate her into lunch and then going to his apartment! I mean really?? Her character was very shallow. I hated the way she treated Dan. She was an attention seeker, in my opinion.
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I agree. With the type of job she had, she was supposed to be a strong female figure not a damsel in distress! And certainly should have been smarter than to go to a strangers apartment as soon as they met!sarahmarlowe wrote: ↑16 Jun 2019, 20:19Yes! I hope the author gets the idea that we want stronger, smarter characters. Cynthia's character was what I used to call a "TV Woman" in the 1970s! A damsel in distress. There is a plot type for those, but this kind of book isn't it.B Creech wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 01:13 WOW! Seems like we all felt the same about Cynthia! From the very beginning when she allowed a stranger to manipulate her into lunch and then going to his apartment! I mean really?? Her character was very shallow. I hated the way she treated Dan. She was an attention seeker, in my opinion.
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Exactly, so did I!
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While I agree that Cynthia's youth could contribute to this, I wouldn't use it to excuse it entirely. The problem is that as a character she's completely flat and inconsistent with no real arc. It's a shame because the stuff you pointed out could have been used to great effect had it been done differently.
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I mean, to be fair, not every 1970s tv woman was a damsel in distress. That being said, totally! Flaws are one thing but she wanted people to treat her a certain way without actually working for it.sarahmarlowe wrote: ↑16 Jun 2019, 20:19Yes! I hope the author gets the idea that we want stronger, smarter characters. Cynthia's character was what I used to call a "TV Woman" in the 1970s! A damsel in distress. There is a plot type for those, but this kind of book isn't it.B Creech wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 01:13 WOW! Seems like we all felt the same about Cynthia! From the very beginning when she allowed a stranger to manipulate her into lunch and then going to his apartment! I mean really?? Her character was very shallow. I hated the way she treated Dan. She was an attention seeker, in my opinion.
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That really irked me as well. She had been with Dan for so long, she shouldn't have treated him like that.Stephanie Elizabeth wrote: ↑04 Jun 2019, 12:57 I really don't like Cynthia's character because I believe she lacks common sense and she is insensitive to others. Anyone who would cheat on someone like that is seriously flawed in my opinion. She should have had the decency to tell Dan as soon as it happened, but instead, she strung him along.
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Especially because Sky was so plain creepy. He knew all this stuff about her and she didn't even question it.Giana08 wrote: ↑18 Jun 2019, 11:35 When reading the book personally I just disliked Cynthia’s character. She lacked common sense and did some things that are just plain dumb. Cynthia cheating when nothing in the book portrayed even the slightest bit of problems in her and dans relationship to be cheating on him with a guy she just met that day.
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But I do also feel that she made very bad decisions when it came to her job or the position of which she held as a spy or secret agent.
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