Does anyone else have a hard time DNFing books even when you don't like them? Also, is Pirates of Aletharia worth it?

I've only DNF'd 2 books ever, and I read 42 last year for perspective lol. And quite a few of those were awful and probably should have DNF'd 😅 idk if I'm just hoping they'll get better, or if I have some internalized "don't be a quitter" mentality from my dad, or if I fear that it actually does get good and I'll never know, or what, but it's annoying lol.

I'm currently reading and listening (I switch based on what I'm doing) to Pirates of Aletharia and I want to like it so bad because I just want a good lesbian Romantasy, but it's just not good 😩 I'm about 3.5 hours in, 13 hours left. Has anyone read this book and would recommend I finish?

I think usually I would just be like whatever I'll finish, it doesn't matter. But I just got accepted to grad school in the fall and I know my reading is going to have to slow down a lot and now I'm like damnit I don't want to waste my time reading bad books. But also... What if it's not bad and it's just a slow start? Ugh

Side note: any recs on GOOD lesbian Romantasy? Witching Moon was cute but meh, I thought the writing was juvenile, Treasured was the same, Dragon Queens was so bad, I DNF'd The Dark Tide. I LOVED As Many Souls As Stars but I wish it was spicier lol. I want the quality of writing as God's & Monsters by Amber V Nicole or any of Carissa Broadbent's or Keri Lake's books, but lesbian. Even Melissa Roehrich, SJM, or Rebecca Yarros. I want complex well written plot, character depth and development, strong and smooth world building, dialogue that isn't cheesy, but with lesbians.