Books/series you nearly DNF but are glad that you didn’t?

Interested in seeing which books people nearly DNF but for whatever reason kept with it and ended up really enjoying it.

I’m starting to second guess books/series that I did DNF and have FOMO that I may be missing out on good second halves or better books down the line.

Some I’m looking at again:

Discworld (Small Gods, DNF just over half way, found it boring, but some of the other books still seem interesting to me)

Elantris (half way)

The Gentleman Bastards (really liked the first one, DNF the second)

Red Rising (stopped after first book)

Memory, Sorrow, Thorn (stopped after the first book)

Liveship Traders (stopped after first book)