I would encourage you to give it a try anyways. Unfamiliar syntax is off-putting for sure, but you can get comfortable with any syntax.
Coming from Python, I needed to work on some legacy Perl code. Perl code looks quite rough to a new user. After time, I got used to it. The syntax becomes a lot less relevant as you spend more time with the language.
Once one does spend some time to become comfortable with the language, that feeling of messiness with unfamiliar syntax fades away. That's the case with any unfamiliar language, not just Rust.
I used Rust for a year and still wasn't used to the syntax, though this was v1.0 so idk what changed. I see why it's so complicated and would definitely prefer it over C or Cpp, but wouldn't do higher-level code in it.
Coming from Python, I needed to work on some legacy Perl code. Perl code looks quite rough to a new user. After time, I got used to it. The syntax becomes a lot less relevant as you spend more time with the language.