The Realm of Possibility was a quick read because most of the book is written in verse at only 210 pages. The book has stories of twenty different high schoolers who are all connected in some way. The stories involve almost everything most people feel and experience when they are in high school, i.e. peer pressure, heartbreak, not being good enough, first love, and just the uncertainty and excitement that comes with growing up. Almost everyone who reads this book is bound to identify with one or more of the different characters' stories. 
 When I found out this book is mostly written in verse, I was excited, because I love the way Ellen Hopkins writes in verse, but the verse in The Realm of Possibility didn't do anything for me. It doesn't have the easy flow and sophistication that I'm familiar with in Ellen Hopkins's writing. Most of the writing fell pretty flat. 
 The twenty characters and their stories fell pretty flat, too. I did connect with some of them, one in particular who writes songs and a lot of the songs seem almost just like the songs I use to write when I was in high school, so that was neat, but I didn't connect enough for me to really care about what these people have to say. I don't find any of the stories to be exceptionally heartbreaking or powerful. 
 I also don't like the way the characters are introduced. There are four characters per each part in the book; they are all listed at the start, and readers are just left to read without really knowing which character belongs to which story. It got to the point where I just stopped looking back at the character lists and kept reading without really knowing who I was reading about. This aspect was irritating. 
 Granted, this book does contain stories that make you think, so it's not a regrettable read; it just didn't do much for me.