Not a fan of this one, I guess. It seemed like the ending was meant to be some kind of shocking twist, but the pirate possessing the boyfriend was pretty much a foregone conclusion from 10 minutes in, wasn't it? Maybe I just made one of those unsupported leaps of logic that I seem to often make and actually landed in the right place for once. I actually thought it had already happened in the middle when he showed up distracted and talking about his dad's funeral--I thought he made up the funeral to justify the distraction caused by him not actually being himself.
If that was really the point of the story, it sure took a long time to get to that point.
If I had cared about any of the characters, then the length would likely have not been a problem. The pirate dude was little more than a greedy force of nature. The protagonist seemed to entirely lack self-volition, to the point that she never really seemed like more than a plot element--I mean, yes, she did things to further goals but those goals were never hers, it was never clear exactly why she suddenly adopted these goals out of nowhere, and she pursued them to ridiculous degrees again without really supporting why she would (oh sure, I'll take the job where the previous person had at the LEAST a major psychological breakdown and where I'm doomed to failure in the very short term, what a great idea!). The boyfriend was barely present even when he was present.
I really wanted to feel like I understood why she'd want to stay so badly even when the only job opportunity is at best doomed to failure and at worst seriously dangerous to her. I never felt like I got there.