I don't normally do the alien thing, but the movie looked awesome so I decided to give the book a shot and I'm so glad I did. The 5th Wave features the only kind of aliens I can tolerate (I.e. the not scary or gross kind). It is also very intense and hard to put down. There are a few different narrators which was confusing a first as you don't really know exactly who they are, but was the puzzle starts to fit together it was definitely the best way to approach things (discovery is better then being told).