Edgedancer

Y pasa a ser uno de mis dos relatos favoritos del Cosmere, junto a “El Alma del Emperador”.

A diferencia de este último, el punto fuerte de la historia no es su trama y misterio, sino el personaje principal, que es capaz de subir este relato al top con su ingenio, su carisma y su trasfondo.

Aparte de esto, la trama también me ha gustado mucho y en ella nos revelan detalles importantes de Roshar. También hace muy bien de puente entre los libros de Archivo para conocer el contexto de Lift, Nale y el pueblo tasshiki.

En general, es un relato increíblemente carismático, de lectura rápida, con una trama relevante dentro de la saga de El Archivo de las Tormentas y que se disfruta mucho pasando de “Palabras Radiantes” a “Juramentada”. Muy agradecido con la lectura

A fun novel about one of my Favorit characters in the Stormlight archive. I loved this I don't give a f*** attitude that lift showed on her interlude in words of radiance and this novel is even more than that.
Nonetheless I found that the main problem got resolved too fast and too easy. After reading the authors note at the end I understand that the role of this book was to show the change of mind of a character between books 2 and 3. But I still have the feeling that this change of mind was too sudden. Yes seeing the Everstorm with your own eyes could change your mind... but even Seth was reluctant when first seeing it, and he wanted to believe it...
Therefore my main concern with this novella is that it is too short. Give us more lift and more time for the characters to assimilate the Everstorm.

2024 Update:

Edgedancer is one of my favorite novellas. A perfect balance of storytelling with just the right amount of action, comedy and development. It's not too long, or too short.

Lift is one of the best secondary characters out there. And I always love reading her chapters in The Stormlight Archive, which make this spotlight of her amazing. Having listened to it the second time around, Kate Reading makes her sound exactly what I hoped her to be like. She's makes herself a heroine in her own way and disregarding the rest of world around her; choosing the path less travelled. A 13 year old who proves to be wittier than any adult out there.____Audio read by: Kate Reading1st Read: Physical [Arcanum Unbounded] (2018)Re-read: Audiobook (2024)

I love Brandon Sanderson's books but one thing he has had a problem with is not being able to distill the essence of his book down to less than 1000 pages. A lot of his early work is filled with fluff that doesn't drive the story along and should be cut out. Sometimes he over explains his lore at the expense of the story.

Not here. This is perfect.

I liked the story, but Lyft is an annoying Mary Sue.
Sure, she has had a difficult past and supposedly good intentions, but she is somehow better than anyone at everything, while completely disrespectful to absolutely everyone she meets.
Moreover, the way she thinks, speaks and acts is inappropriately comedic, which creates a tonal inconsistency to the Stormlight Archive.
Maybe the author has a soft spot for her, but to me she is the weakest character of his so far.

Lift was a standout side character in the last book and getting a longer adventure with her was as fun as expected. It reminds me of the fun cartoons I'd watch. The bonus here was more world building in the stormlight universe and the creation of new questions which I can't wait to find the answers to in the next book

Lift's interlude was my least favorite part on WoR. It is not a bad piece of story, but I found her particularly annoying and I was getting worried about her role in the series.

Obviously, I shouldn't have doubted Sanderson, especially regarding one of his favorite characters.

Edgedancer is far from Sanderson best work, but it was a lot of fun! It took me 4 hours to read it so you can attest I had a great time.

Despite being a novella (on Sanderson standards only, it is indeed a regular novel with 40,000 words), we get to see what I believe to be interesting and important developments on Stormlight Archives, both in terms of characters and plot-wise.

We watch the others. The assassin. The surgeon. The liar. The highprince. But not you. The others all ignore you ... and that, I hazard to predict, is a mistake.”

Lift is indeed a very interesting character and I end up itching to know more about her.

“I will listen,” Lift shouted, “to those who have been ignored!”

Wyndle is just delightful! I mean: “... I was a very regal fork, wouldn't you say?”

More random thoughts: I was hoping this novel would clarify more about the old magic trades but I was left disappointed.. my only advance on this is that her trade was probably the opposite of what she wanted, but I have to wait and see.

If you are on the fence with Edgedancer, don't be. It is a worthy stormlight “novella”!

When I heard lift had a whole book to herself, I just could not wait to get my hands on it. Its a character you can see Brandon went to town with and the town was really pretty. And this story did not disappoint in the least. We journey through a couple of Kingdoms and meet some characters old and new. Probably the best character we meet though is her Spren and you can see why they are so matched. The humor which is becoming a large part of Sanderson's repertoire is the highlight in this book and suitably so. And just so that you don't think its frivolous, he caps it off with the Words chosen by Lift. Onwards!