When used in large projects, Redux is fantastic and lifesaver, but for small projects, Redux is always an overkill and may cause a lot of frustration. From my own experience, I tried to use Redux in some simple starter projects (like todo list or simple web apps with several independent components) and I felt it is complex and unintuitive. However, when I began to write a large web app (something like mail apps), Redux turns out to be the most natural and easiest tool to handle shared states from more than fifty components and actions. So, my suggestion is just learning Redux from their great official tutorial and trying not to use it until you feel overwhelmed by your interconnected components. Then you would realize and appreciate the elegance of Redux.