I think "kidnapping a child and tying him to a chair" goes a bit further than "unlikeable". It completely cuts out some of the most important parts of that dynamic, I feel - Jason making Bruce laugh in Crime Alley, Jason proving himself to have a conscience in his own right, Bruce choosing him as Robin because he helped him. Bruce fucked up with Jason at times and that's important too, but - it's all the more significant because of the good things.

I don't want to come off as saying Jason was a perfect kid, far from it. But I think NYO went way too far in the other direction. Dick said he thought he would have ended up working for the Joker, ffs. There's a difference between relying on street smarts, on being naturally reckless and headstrong, and completely disregarding innocent lives and glorifying in brutality. Originally, Jason had such anger issues in part because he cared so much about the victims.

OP can decide for themselves, though, obviously there are wildly differing opinions on this!

I don't think the first Batman and Robin issues are quite as bad as BFTC, personally, they're just...weird. The second arc is just kind of pointless.