That sequence appears to have been designed specifically to have that result, tbf.
I think probably the guiltiest a work of fiction has made me feel is As Meat Loves Salt. Normally whenever I'm reading something, for the duration of the novel I am 100% rooting for the protagonist no matter how much of a complete shit they are, even when it's something like The Debt To Pleasure where the protagonist/narrator is bonkers and awful, intentionally. But with AMLS it felt like being shown "you, but the worst possible version of you, like if someone just pushed all your worst tendencies up to 11", so it was a very squirmy and unpleasant experience. It did not, however, stop me from rooting for Jacob Cullen even after he'd done murders and rapes. Apparently the Protagonist Effect is just That Strong with me.
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I think probably the guiltiest a work of fiction has made me feel is As Meat Loves Salt. Normally whenever I'm reading something, for the duration of the novel I am 100% rooting for the protagonist no matter how much of a complete shit they are, even when it's something like The Debt To Pleasure where the protagonist/narrator is bonkers and awful, intentionally. But with AMLS it felt like being shown "you, but the worst possible version of you, like if someone just pushed all your worst tendencies up to 11", so it was a very squirmy and unpleasant experience. It did not, however, stop me from rooting for Jacob Cullen even after he'd done murders and rapes. Apparently the Protagonist Effect is just That Strong with me.