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The Secret Sharer - Robert Silverberg (1988)

Having been disappointed by the previous, I read another Silverberg novella. While presented as a far future science fiction story, this is really more about the nature of interpersonal relationships and introspection. It bears some thematic similarities to his novel, Dying Inside, which I greatly enjoyed when I read it. It seems that I don't think it worked as well this time.
A newly appointed space captain finds that one of the passengers that is being transported as an uploaded consciousness has broken free from their data storage unit and is basically a data ghost that wanders around the ship until she possesses the captain. The captain quickly learns to enjoy this and starts a troubled relationship with her.
I have severe doubts about the characterization of the two primary characters as well as various other concerns.
3/5, rounded up.