In reply to Nyssa The Hobbit.

Disclosure: I work on this plugin.

Hi Nyssa,
That sounds frustrating! Making your site load fast without AMP is a great idea either way.

I'm not sure if you've used an AMP plugin, or maybe this one.
But we've worked to make it easier to show the same styling and templates as your non-AMP pages.

For example, here's the Twenty Sixteen theme with AMP:
https://2016-theme.amp-wp.org/

You might get even more performance benefits, but I understand if you're already in good shape.