Loved this book! Normally I stay away from books with f-bombs--get sick of it. But, the novel never left it\'s moral center. Great writing, great story and unforgettable, strong characters.

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.

I feel like Irving is such a great writer to be able to take so many elements from a book and weave them all together. Only four of the twelve members in our book club completed the book because it\\\'s long. They wanted us to tell them the ending. Since they hadn\\\'t read a good portion of the book the ending just didn\\\'t have the meaning that was intended. We had to keep explaining a lot more throughout the book than just the ending because the ending just weaves together all the chapters into one final bang.

I really enjoyed the writing style and some of the surprises that came along as you read. Like why Owen\\\'s dialog is in capitals, who John\\\'s biological father was, how his father was revealed, why they keep practicing the shot, etc. I felt like there were endless surprises that all brought together God\\\'s plan for Owen\\\'s life. I highly recommend this book.