I”ve had a few struggles with Safari, but it seems to be back to functional for me. What makes you hate it so much (and I’m not trying to defend it - just trying to understand).
Safari used to present the bookmarks and disappear after a selection was made. Now, I have to manually close the bookmarks every time. The favorites bar disappears requiring me to make it visable again. Lastly, I can't set a home page.