I don't know. I read the pointers chapter at least 3 times, and I still get confused when I see pointer stuff in real code. The other day, I read the famous regex post by Russ Cox[1], and it took me a couple of hours to understand the pointer parts of the code even though the algorithm behind it was relatively simple. I guess pointers are just one of those things that for some people make a lot of sense, whereas others struggle with.

[1] https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html