The excitement.
Is it not exciting to read a post about a famous celebrity doing something real naughty? Or about life threatening terror or horror? If a book was written about a beautiful garden with nice vegetables and fruits and happiness it would be a total flop. Introduce a serpent or talking snake and suffering and death into the storyline and it becomes beloved literature forever!
Face it, life is dull and then you die. Unless you are a bank robber or your sister has terminal cancer or the CIA is after you, your everyday reality sucks. Especially if you have an english lawn and have to mow it.