Sorry in advance if my question is not precise enough.
I'm currently trying to study algebraic geometry on my own. I've started by trying to read Harsthorne and Liu's book. And i found it very difficult, especially because every proof seemed "clever" and non intuitive. I'd say that i wouldn't have been able to find any of them, especially the ones of real theorems like the one on formal functions, for instance. I felt a bit discouraged, and i told myself, well algebraic geometry is hard.
The i ran into the book of griffith harris, principles of algebraic geometry... and it was simply incredible, the book felt really natural to read, and i felt like i was really doing geometry.
So i'ma bit perplexed because i've heard several times, that schemes make things simpler and more natural and that it is clearly the good way of seeing things. I remember something from Harris book, "the geoemtry of shemes", which went like "The expert do know that schemes often make things simpler".
So i want to know if that's normal that i find scheme theory a lot more obscure than complex geometry, and that i feel that i'm really not able to prove anything in that setting, when i feel i'm a lot more at ease with complex algebraic geometry. And how to convince myself that really schemes are a simplification of classical material, and not an obscure and technical treatment.
Thank you!