Same! I think I acquired 2-3 books that I tried to slog through in order to understand Clojure, but never really clicked until I bought and went through "Clojure for the Brave and True", which somehow made it click. Also available for free online, highly recommend: https://www.braveclojure.com/
Yea, this book worked like a charm for me too.
The author recently weighed in on what he’d cut and add to a future version - could be useful to anyone reading today, if they want to skip some things. https://www.reddit.com/r/Clojure/comments/1rxknpj/quick_ques...