Certainly, light fiction exists and encompasses mysteries or second-class romance novels, books that are read on the beach, whose only aim is to entertain. These books are not concerned with style or creativity - instead they are successful because they are repetitive and follow a template that readers enjoy.
Umberto EcoBut the purpose of a story is to teach and to please at once, and what it teaches is how to recognize the snares of the world.
Umberto Eco