I found there to be a lot in common as far as structure goes in these two books. The protagonist is both visiting an Aunt in a small town. Both have these two hillbilly side characters that are meaner than shit on fire..and there are so many similarities i could go on for a bit and maybe will, but ill probably forget about this and end up posting something else.
AnyWhosville,
I give The Big Head 4/5 for enjoyment (but damn i hate reading Edward lee's colloquialist-written passages by the rednecks, i would rather have them written in intelligible English and have the dialogue just be the broken up part. It makes reading it a chore that gets old(and I'm from the deep south i know what a redneck sounds like) so that's why it gets knocked down a point)
I give The 13th 3/5 because of it being slightly derivative (i.e above) but yet enjoyable, i have not read a novel where there is protagonist that is leaning in a direction to take a certain companion but then doubles back and takes the initial one that was actually more wrong for him. interesting and quite sad in the end. I cared for the characters, but still alot of the novel, having come from reading The Bighead just wasn't that exciting. Blame Edward Lee who i believe this novel is an homage to.
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