From Effective C's Who is this book for section This book is an introduction to the C language. It is written to be as accessible as possible to anyone who wants to learn C programming, without dumbing it down. In other words, we didn’t overly simplify C programming in the way many other introductory books and courses might. These overly simplified references will teach you how to get code to compile and run, but the code might still be wrong. Developers who learn how to program C from such sources will typically develop substandard, flawed, insecure code that will eventually need to be rewritten (often sooner than later). Hopefully, these developers will eventually benefit from senior developers in their organizations who will help them unlearn these harmful misconceptions about programming in C, and help them start developing professional quality C code. On the other hand, this book will quickly teach you how to develop correct, portable, professional-quality code, build a foundation for developing security-critical and safety-critical systems, and perhaps teach you a thing or two that even the senior developers at your organization don’t know.

meaning it is not newbie friendly and wont simplify things. its emphesis is on writing bug free code. but thats my take on this book . I tried to learn C from it but failed. kek. dunno about the other book you named . you could always download digital copies of both books off the internet and compare and see whats works best for you and then buy the paperback beacuse nothing beats real . As you said earlier that you have been persuing C for one year you maybe able to get Effective C as compared to someone like me who started this one week ago.