It's a bit of a trope by now, but there is a lot of truth in the common argument that if converting your class component to hooks makes it feel more complicated

It's a bit of a trope by now, but there is a lot of truth in the common argument that if converting your class component to hooks makes it feel more complicated, you probably had subtle bugs in your class component -- usually an edge case you hadn't bothered to handle. The main quirk of hooks is that it makes problems in your components a lot more visible. I don't view this as a bad thing, but I totally get that it's frustrating.