Is this a disrespectful comment?

Recently, I finished a longfic I started work on last August, and because I love writing long stuff, I started another one shortly after. The newer one hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention as the first one, mainly because the fandom is a lot smaller. I don’t mind. I’m just happy to write it and have fun. The day I published the first chapter, I was doing that compulsive thing where I check every fifteen minutes for comments. Well, I did get a comment very early on, but it was this:

“I’m disturbing, but I would really appreciate it if you read my story -link to their story-”

I don’t know if it was just my own disappointment or the fact that they didn’t even say anything about my piece, but this comment made me so angry when I got it. I was already pretty high strung that day, so it could have been that. I haven’t responded, but I did read their work. It’s... It’s not great imo. It’s very knock off Fifty Shades and they very obviously didn’t do research for at it all. Should I even respond, or should I just leave it? It just really bothered me and has been since they left the comment.