For a tool I only use very occasionally I find jq's syntax to be too unique with too steep of a learning curve. Every time I reach for it I have to spend a bunch of time reading the manual trying to think like it does.
I wish there was something for querying json that had more of a xpath or even a sql-like syntax, or GraphQL with the addition of wildcards.
If you're used to S-expressions/know a bit of Clojure, `jet` is a similar tool that not only allows you to convert between JSON <> EDN, but also has a tiny query language built-in, that is just normal Clojure functions.
Clojure really excels at data querying/manipulation, so `jet` is very ergonomic to use.
One example:
$ echo '{"anApple": 1}' | jet -i json -k '#(-> % csk/->kebab-case keyword)' -o edn
{:an-apple 1}