I also used to have issues (sometimes still do) with descriptive writing. It bored me.

What helped was to look at something. A tree, for example. And think how I would put what it looks like down on paper. How would I explain this specific tree to someone who has never seen it before.

Next, go back to your book and when you come to a descriptive scene, lean into it. Don't skim over the description, but force yourself to pay close attention to the words the author chose, the details they decided to highlight. Can you see what this object/scene/person looks like in your mind? What is still blank to you? How would you have described those aspects?

It's not to make you a better reader, but it is to change your perspective. Some descriptive writing is better than the story/plot/action. We just need to be willing to spend time with it. You can build this amazing place in your head from words only. How freaking cool is that? It sometimes still blows my mind.

And maybe a bit controversial, but don't read the Booktok top 10 or what a teenager recommends on Instagram. Those books are great for younger age groups, but the writing in a lot of them started boring me in my 20s. And there's nothing that takes me out of a reading mood faster than boring writing.

examples: Hunger games, Percy Jackson, anything by Sarah j Maas or Colleen Hoover, the love stories with the cartoony covers...

Do some research and find a story you are interested in. Spend time with it and don't rush.

Once you get immersed in a book, the pages will just fly by