I agree, although I thought Lolita was one of the creepiest books I ever read...I thought Humbert Humbert was a truly nauseating character, and I do remember that, not unsurprisingly, this book gave license to all the elderly lit teachers in the world to come onto their female students.
So while I think millennials may be a lnutty in some ways, this time I agree with them.
He’s intended to be nauseating and not in any way admirable. Lit teachers would know that more than anyone.