Struggling to grasp quantum entanglement? Ask an expert pls 👀

So I've been reading up on basic quantum mechanics, and the chapter on entanglement completely lost me. The book described particles somehow sharing states across distance — it felt like both a breakthrough idea, but also the most confusing one I've ever tried to parse.

I know I'm asking a question people here are already way better at explaining than I can be, so what resources do physics folks recommend when the going gets steep like this? Good physics-focused YouTube creators, authors who write for people new to this, or even just book titles I could track down? Something that explains entangled particles as if by analogy, maybe?

My last attempt at studying this ended in head scratching like, How is measuring one particle a dealbreakership thing at the quantum level. The whole concept smells like I've somehow not yet understood the basics yet, which would be annoying after reading the same textbook for four months. 😊

Anyone experienced the same confusion? If so, what helped your mind make this all stick better than quantum foam in a collapsing waveform?