Not enough syntax sugar, not functional enough, and a few smaller papercuts.

It feels dry, like a humourless android. Not very fun to write but probably the most pragmatic choice for the problem. I prefer having fun when I program.

I tend to see that as an advantage - the language gets out of the way and lets me just have fun with the problem itself. Especially if I'm referencing code other people wrote (ie libraries) where I can pretty much instantly grok what's going on and focus on the logic. Different strokes

I wouldn't call a huge mountain of `if err != nil` “gets out of the way”.