Darker and Edgier/Literature: Difference between revisions

* ''[[The Berenstain Bears]]'' books normally come in the form of small short books that deal with small family issues like being afraid of the dark at night and way too much junk food. But they also had mini-chapter books that dealt with slightly darker themes like shoplifting, friendships going sour, political controversy, and the destruction of natural habitats.

* Diana Gabaldon's ''Lord John Grey'' series, historical mysteries concerning a secondary character from her main set of historicals, come across as an attempt to be both [[Darker and Edgier]] and [[Hotter and Sexier]], using the seedy aspects of the protagonist's forbidden love affairs, him being gay and the setting being the 18th century, for all the shock they're worth. They may or may not have managed it. (Her main books are themselves essentially Darker and Edgier versions of the 'roguish Scots in kilts' type of historical romance, though significantly better written- there's still smoldering glances, kilts, time travels and duels, but the male love interest's the one who suffers all the traumatic [[Rape As Drama|villain-initiated rape scenes]] and Gabaldon doesn't hold back on the gore or inequality much.)