I remember seeing the movie trailer and going hrmmm. Remember starting the movie and not much else. So when I spotted this book at the library I got super curious. What actually happened. What's the 5th wave. Etc

Now it had a lot of the tropes. Badass girl. Girl not being noticed. Girl falling for pretty boy. And honestly none of them felt too much or overwhelming. I got super curious about things, and enough time was spent on the main characters that I got invested. Only had one real moment near the start of "huh. That's an odd choice for a male writer of a female character to do".

Was it the best thing ever? Not by a long shot. But it kept me interested and I may even pick up the sequels sometime

Ps. Tried watching the movie again tonight. It was absolutely aweful.