I used to really like Divergent, but then I went back to it last year and was like yikes, this is bad. The third movie (which I regretably watched) did, in fact, have orange goo in it, which was pretty much the movie's only redeeming factor. I think there was supposed to be a fourth movie but they cut it at the last minute, which is why the third feels so rushed and bad. I'd argue that there can be good YA romance, it's just very hard to find. A lot of the relationships in YA are strange and toxic, and I've found it hard to find relationships that I like, but I have found them. Also (to me) just because a relationship is strange or toxic doesn't meant that I don't find it interesting (not necessarily good, just interesting to read about), it's just that most YA romances are strange and toxic in boring, cliche, sexist ways, if that makes sense. I think that good romance is pretty hard to find in YA books, but I wouldn't say they're all bad.

I think one of the main reasons I don't like HP is because I didn't read it when I was young and don't have an emotional attatchment to it. I read it when I was in middle school and found it really... idk boring? It was JK Rowling's first book, which you can really tell bc her writing is not super great. Especially during climactic fight scenes, she would be using long, winding sentences that made everything seem so slow and boring. Plus her weird fatphobia, lack of any real diversity, 'I'm not like other girls' attitude, names like 'Cho Chang'  for the only Asian girl (not a real name anywhere, she just made it up) and 'Kingsly Shacklebolt' for the only Black guy. Not to mention slavery, which is okay for some reason.... because the slaves enjoy being slaves?? That was wild. JKR did this thing where she introduced systemic issued (corrupt ministry of magic, elf slavery, etc) and then just does not attempt to have anything change at the end. In fact, at the end of HP Harry goes on to become a cop for the ministry and own an elf slave! Other issues I have include the sorting system (Gryffindor brave, Slytherin bad, Ravenclaw smart, Hufflepuffs...are supposed to be loyal but they get almost no page time), Snape redemption (he's a good person now after spending his entire career bullying children because he's still obsessed with a dead woman who never loved him back?), and the countless plotholes (notably the timeturners, which are destroyed halfway through the series to deter the plothole accusations and then brought back later for plot convinience in the eighth book. Also in book two, Ron's wand breaks and it keep malfunctioning, and says he's too poor to buy another one. Okay, so why doesn't Harry buy him one with his stack of gold coins so Ron doesn't keep hurting himself? Baffled me at the time until I got the end of the book and realized that JKR needed the wand to be broken for ~plot convinience~ so Lockhart would erase his memory). And of course, the mess that was the eighth book. That's not even mentioning JK Rowling herself, who has further damanged the series with her add-ons and afterthoughts (ex. saying Dumbledore was gay for brownie points, pointing out the one Jewish wizard at Hogwarts, etc), plus, you know, the transphobia. Idk, all this to say that I've never been a fan and don't really get the hype. 

I've actually been getting back into the Hunger Games lately. You should try watching the movies if it seems like something you'd be into.

You should definitely try seeing the musical Les Mis if you ever get the chance! Changed my life, rewired by DNA, etc. If you can't, the movie is good too. Some of the actors really cannot sing and it's not as good as seeing a live production, but I'd say it's well worth the watch.