Honestly when I first played the game, it felt very confusing (mostly cuz it was my first ever adult/renpy game), but also Book 1 felt very open, there were no indicators on what needed to be solved to get Katara points, or how to progress (which I later learned just from spamming buttons that I needed to fight more boars and raise elders feelings), after that though, the rest of the Books felt a lot more smooth, especially 3 and 4, didnt really feel lost anywhere.
Not saying its hard to search the forums, or to play the game, just that its understandable that some people are finding it easy to get lost in book 1, especially since theres a lot less prompts/Shady/mindvoice to aid navigation.
(Also gonna be the first to say that its kinda hard to search for something when you've got one hand on your little Avatar)