Definitely agree with you on the bad error reporting. As to the other part, at some point you have to make a mental adjustment to the "Lisp way" of doing things

Definitely agree with you on the bad error reporting. As to the other part, at some point you have to make a mental adjustment to the "Lisp way" of doing things, and that may not be easy. Out of curiosity, which materials (online, books, etc.) have you used when trying to learn Clojure?