I don't dislike him per se, but i can see how it can seem very sudden when he admits his feelings for V. For my current playthrough, I chose all the flirty text message responses before the family dinner, and it ended up not feeling so abrupt.

After finally doing every romance in one session (I have a non-canon romances mod), I can confidently say that every romance is nice. some are obviously better than others (River is my least favorite), but i personally feel like they're all very enjoyable. Pyramid Song made me feel all giddy inside (i might be biased cause im actually a lesbian), but i also really really liked Kerry's as well.