Title: Needs better research
Review: The book Rasputin Relic suffers from an unrealistic plot and is in many ways poorly researched, showing little understanding of things Orthodox. I feel the writer should have investigated Orthodox Christian beliefs and Saints more carefully. Church Slavonic script is easy enough to read for anyone who can read modern Russian. The idea that someone who could read Russian couldn't read the name Rasputin written in Church Slavonic is unbelievable. Having Russian characters talk about Saints familiar to the western Churches rather than eastern Churches seemed strange, and the use of Church titles and ranks was all wrong - for example saying a Patriarch is the same as a Cardinal, when the reality is that a Patriarch is of equal rank to the pope. The writing itself was interesting but one had to suspend belief too much to enjoy it. A bit more research and a more carefully constructed plot would have made this book much better.
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