Hornby Article Response

After reading the article about Nipple Jesus, written by Nick Hornby, there were many things about the article that I really liked. One thing that really jumped out for me was Hornby's writing style. I like the rawness that is felt when reading his article. He doesn't sugar coat anything and tells it at face value. I really liked his clear-cut thoughts and feelings toward this job that he got but didn't know anything about. At some points he is very vulgar while at other points, like when he first realizes that the picture is composed of thousands of pictures of nipples, he is astonished by the work. I also liked his interactions that occurred between himself and the protestors of the painting. They were entertaining and very interesting. 

There were also some things that I didn't like about this article. For starters, the article was extremely lengthy and seemed to drag on towards the middle of it. While I liked his narration of the project he had been assigned to, I felt like lot's of the description and dialogue were overkill and made the piece much longer than it needed to be. Rather than stretching it out so much, it would've been a more enjoyable read if some of the clutter would've been removed. Another thing I didn't really like was some of his interactions with people viewing Nipple Jesus. Hornby seemed very disrespectful at points and it really came off as hostility to me. Overall however, the piece was very well written and I enjoyed it. I never would've thought I would read an article about a picture of jesus composed entirely of pictures of nipples. I guess you learn something new every day.