I liked the first 300 pages of \\\"Prayer for Owen Meany\". I felt that the author used the last 250 pages to reiterate his political and religious beliefs. He spent a great deal of time \\\"name-dropping\\\" to impress the reader with how well read and smart he was. I found the characters charming and engaging during the first 300 pages. After that I began to dislike them because of the life-choices that they made, and by the end I really didn\\\'t care what became of any of them.