Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes vs. Hercule Poirot
The most famous fictional detectives in the world: Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) vs. Hercule Poirot (Agatha Christie)
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Vangrab [1] argued:
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0 Poirot is better detective than Holmes since he solves crimes without forensics and science, only with psychology and sixth sense and gut instincts.
Fan X [1] argued:
1 1 Since 55 people (including me) said that Hercule Poirot is better and just 44 said that Sherlock Holmes.
Roy [1] argued:
0 0 He’s fussy, and just a little too old. He’s not the heart melting Byronic, distant Sherlock Holmes yes, but he’s Papa Poirot. He’s domestic, familiar and amiable. He’s the hairdresser you share your secrets with. He works within domestic lines, a fire burning in summer, a chair which moved- these are things that set him apart. His disdain for the more typical methods is what makes him, at least to me, more REAL. The forensics do what they have to with fingerprints and all. As a PRIVATE detective, working underhand and away from the police, he studies what the police doesn’t- The pop-psychology motive of the crime. Also, being the first clue-puzzle series of novel, it is a series which allows a critical reader to solve the crime with the detective, not just look on in awe as he solves it somehow. That is why its predictable so that the normal non-forensic ppl can also solve the crime.
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Come on. Holmes keeps all the cards under his sleeves. In Poirot, most of the information is available to the reader, but in spite of that no possible solution seems clear. And then Poirot shows how every fact falls together. It’s an extraordinary puzzle involving logic, psychology and sheer creative intelligence. It’s a much higher order of detective fiction as well as fiction in general. Some Poiro novels like “Taken at the flood”, “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” and “Murder in Mesapotamia,” often goes into the realm of literature proper in its portrayal of human drama, characters and their psychological motives.
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Poirot is the best.
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Hercule is the best! Simply because I have read Agatha Christie’s books since forever, and I would definitely contract him to work for me, seeing from his brilliant detective skills and very clever manipulation of his suspected murderers. He is so full of himself and you can’t help but be assured of his performance and just fall in love with this little men in his tight leather shoes and pointy and neat moustaches! Poirot all the way!
He is just such a great man. GEEEZ! - 1 1
Poirots cases are more interesting than Holmes cases. The best one of Holmes is The Hound of Baskervill with 7 points but Poirot best cases are murder on the orient express, Death on the Nile, Evil under the sun, Peril at end House, Murder on Mesopotamia a.s.o with 10 points.
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Poirot know what Poirot is doing
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Sherlock Holmes is a good detective but Poirot is the best
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Poirot ever
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Poirot is the best
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bla bla christopher blackwood
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he sucks
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hercule sucks
Annoymous [1] argued:
0 0 I LOVE Hercule Poirot stories
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bunch of mugs
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Believe it or not but Holmes was an heroin addict who needed to get high to solve cases. Poirot just sat back and studied people till everything came into place
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“No monsieur, I am rather better than the police…” Poirot every time baby
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poirot is a pompous lame
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I like his mustache and my grandma’ thinks he’s great.
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Poirot is tougher. He competed and won in the UFC.
I love his big ego, and he actually have what’s needed to support it.
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If the question is fame it’s our dear Sherlock. If it’s a matter of sophistication again it’s Holmes.
But if we’re talking tough-guy detective, that is someone who could solve a crime with his fists as well as his minds, it’s without question Mike Hammer! - 0 1
poirot has a very dry sense of humour which i particularly like but, his ego is what i absolutely dislike…
If he had some modesty, it would have been much better..
But nonetheless his crime solving style is attractive..PS :
Sometimes there are just too many clues in christie’s books.
hes much funnier
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su personaje es mas comico y las historias sorprendentes
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i read doyle’s, then i read christie’s, but i prefer holmes still. his cases are more complicated and definitely more interesting.
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He’s much more surprising then holmes
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he’s more adorable.
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Because Poirot’s cases usually require creative thinking, while Holmes’ cases…meh. Doyle apparently hated Holmes so much that he did almost no research when writing the stories. Also: Holmes was a Gary Stu (with the inconsequential habit of doing drugs, and that’s it). Poirot was far more human. End of story.
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The cases solved by Poirot are more intricate. Given the formula is similar but the more specified details are much better
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I like the way Poirot solves mysteries, by using psychological issues of human being.
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is hastings used by agatha christie
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it’s the best detective because thinks right and can solve many cases with a few clues!She is a man who respect humans and try to behave right without annoying anyone. it’s lovely because consider all the people are the sme without difference!Never accuse of someone without prooves and seems different from the others because see the really face and the real feels!!!!!!!!he is wonderfull
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Poirot is that analysts and always goes by-step question is where do ocrrio analyze the case and always finds the final curpable
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Poirot discovers where more complicated and dark and not be carried away by apariecia if you use your gray cells to discover the culprit, but what fascinated me most were the methods used to discover the murderer hercule is undoubtedly the best
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Poirot is a detective investigates all analysts do a project of analyzing and then discovers the murderer and holmes is boring to the problem of esplicarle already knows who is to blame and that is not rather be a detective holmes was a witch was Demaci ireal Poirot so I think it is much better
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holmes say what is better is wrong is that they do not realize that aghata is famous thanks to this man and his book have been sold in over 103 languages is the most translated writer in the world and his book are the most sold in any execion genre with the Bible and shekepiare to sell more than one billion copies in England and another one billion in over 103 languages and all thanks to Hercules Poirot holmes is insinificante compared to human intelligence Hercules Poirot and if I do not believe seek iletty aghata biography of the best ever number 1
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I’m staying with Poirot, analytical knowledge of the motives and arguments, or, as would the Great Mrs Christie, of human nature …
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buenoo is best left in sospresa, to know who is guilty, I never esperimentado feeling sospresa and impotecia with the stories of Agatha Cristie, let me know who the ice cream is victimaa which no one ever suspected Poirot is more! human, although I have read some sherlock me very light but has a fabulous duo with watson Poirot himself and does all the more curious fads that are used to solve the case
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That can not be discussed Poirot is more read in the world aghata is the best-selling writer in any genre shekepiare only surpassed by the Bible and to sell more than 2000 million numbers say it all is the best hercule
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I have not read much of Holmes but I am told is boring but I hercule and almost all his books are so exciting to read his books is as if love is the best feeling
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hercule plays with the mind of the reader and is always a guessing who the murderer is like a broken chain that finally achieves Poirot join but I love holmes is heavy and dull muyyyy
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when it can not be compared Poirot mystery is the great success of aghata the most translated writer of the planet
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Holmes said that if someone is better because they have never read a book hercules is undoubtedly the number 1
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that when reading a book holmes you bored and leave it in exchange for half of what hecule want to go on and on and ends when the book you want to read Poirot undoubtedly have their own
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Poirot is ready intelligent analyst is better
and his story is more exciting when I read your
If I am thrilled because their cases are a broken head in the end gun and that’s what I like about it is the best no doubt - 1 5
that was invented by the best minds writing when I read your book I think you must have a natural intelligence to write a book as it is for my writer’s largest planet THE GREAT MR. CRISTI AGHATA THE BEST OF ALL TIME AS THERE ARE NO DOUBTS
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Oh Hercules Poirot is simply great …. There is no other word that fits you best. Is beyond the typical snooping detective who traces for clues, Poirot is something other than the common, much more real, with a strong personality, the better attainment of Agatha Christie.
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hercule is better because it was the only detective in the exit of the most famous World and the New York Times is read the more the world is boring holmes
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A QUI LES DEJO SOMETHING TO SAY IS BETTER THAN Poirot HOLMES
Christie managed to sell two billion copies of their works, which were translated into 103 languages. Only the Bible and the works of English playwright William Shakespeare managed to sell more copies hercule is a success story - 1 3
aghata tube with Poirot but there is that I want to holmes it is called THE QUEEN OF MYSTERY by hercule, as the writer who most sold book in the world only surpassed by any genre shekepiare also is the most translated writer planet and that is most sold in France osea that Poirot is successful and the best aghata number say it all There’s no comparison
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POIRE BECAUSE IT IS BETTER FIND MORE COMPLICATED CASES AND HOLMES IS A DARK ABURRIDO
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Poirot is the only fictional character that has been given an obituary in The New York Times, August 6, 1975 “Is Dead Hercule Poirot, the famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, the detective, dies” ( “Hercule Poirot is dead; famed Belgian detective “Hercule Poir
Kurian Joseph [2] argued:
7 13 If u read works of Agatha Christie’s after Doyle’s you wont find anything new or interesting.. Its just copy cat of Doyle’s work.
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I think agatha stories are more sufisticated and have more wonderful puzzles and mystries
HOLMES IS BETTER BECAUSE HE STUDIED SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN A FORENSIC SCIENCE CURRICULUM.
ALSO AGATHA CHRISTIE COPIED MOST OF DOYLE.
I am answering the one who posted something here on 20th Sept, 2012: You seem to have missed my argument completely. You are saying: olmes keeps all the cards under his sleeves. In Poirot, most of the information is available to the reader, but in spite of that no possible solution seems clear. And then Poirot shows how every fact falls together. It’s an extraordinary puzzle involving logic, psychology and sheer creative intelligence.
I repeat myself – N HOW MANY AGATHA CHRISTIE STORIES YOU ARE ABLE TO STOP READING THE STORY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE & SAY with conviction THAT (THIS) IS WHAT THE DETECTIVE HAS FOUND OUT SO FAR. (THESE) CHARACTERS ARE ABOVE SUSPICION, (THIS) CHARACTER IS BEING SUSPECTED B’COZ OF (THIS) REASON / CLUE ? That is, CAN YOU EVER SAY when POIROT / MARPLE OR WHOEVER FOUND which ASPECT OF THE CASE ?? You just keep reading page after page after page without knowing where things are heading and suddenly, the “truth” is revealed all at once. It is as though, the author herself felt tired of rambling for so many pages – she could have rambled more if she had wanted to – and so “condescends” to give the solution to the reader ! ( Even then, only how / why the murder was done and NOT HOW IT WAS FOUND OUT like who was suspected when and why, what was noticed, whether the suspicion was confirmed / allayed, etc. are not told whereas Sherlock Holmes explains the whole investigation process right from the moment he was given to investigate till the final solution).
To continue in the same vein, I would like to ask you (or,for that matter, anyone else who voices similar views): why on earth do YOU want to solve the case ?? To test your detective / observation skills, you always have games like “you be detective”, “treasure hunt”, “murder hunt”, “spot 10 differences between the pictures”, etc.
Agatha Christie is supposed to be a detective story writer. so, her purpose is (or rather, ought to have been) only to “entertain” the readers with her stories and not “mystify” them with her characters !! This entertainment is best provided by showing how “clever” the criminals were but not just clever enough to fool the detective she created. Why toy with the readers’ intelligence ???
Another point of mine you seem to have missed is: A good detective should employ a method of solving cases which would help you irrespective of whether the perpetrator is within the confinement where the investigation is going on or outside it. HP’s keywords “psychology of crime”, “motives”, “human nature” and what not work (as “brilliantly” as they do for him) only if the perpetrator is inside the confinement. If he is at large, (which is NEVER the case in AC books), all his “methods” would be in a soup for sure !!
HP may seem more “humane” and “approachable” as a next street hairdresser as opposed to SH who is more cold and impersonal. But then, REMEMBER THAT WE ARE NOT COMPARING THE TWO AS PEOPLE HERE. WE ARE DEBATING WHOSE DETECTIVE SKILLS / METHODS ARE BETTER AND HOW. So, answer THAT !! Thus, forget the moustaches , neatly pressed clothes, polished shoes and all that crap ! Now speak . . . !!
222 movies have been made on Holmes.He was inducted into the Royal Society Of Chemists on Oct 16,2002.Holmes has a museum dedicaed to him.and anyone who has read both the detective will find christie copied a lot from holmes.
Sherlock is better, because hes such a more interesting character, although i do enjoy Hercule’ mustache.
Sherlock always a humble being, he enjoy the mistery and fear, he relay on his brain and experience to solve the riddle but finish the case with heart.
With no intend to be rude, but i despise an old man who overestimate himself to be no.1 detective
just to go above
the original
the master.
also in London in baker street there is a huge museum for shrlock holmes and also statue build in there just for sherlock holmes .sherlock holmes will never be disappointed sherlock holmes is the best of them all .”When a man embarks upon a crime he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. another .the criminal who capable of such a thought whom ill be proud to do business with.
Holmes is the best of them all and mr hercule Poirot is like any detective at this century solving a case but it is different with Holmes and also sherlock holmes said many things in real life is important but mr poirot didnt.”listen at this when you have excluded the imposible whatever remains however improbable must be the truth” and also many things i cant remember open this website and look who is the best http://tanmaykm.tripod.com/lit.....uotes.html
sherlock holmes is the best detective of them all his intelligence his manner and attitude is fantastic ilove his deduction
Sherlock is the best.In many case Christie just winds up the story in an awkward manner and HP is without any clue to charge the criminal.When Hastings asked him if he had ever failed Poirot admits that he had failed innumerable times(THE CLUE OF THE CHOCOLATE BOX)and in many cases other detectives had solved the cases before he could.Speaking of methods I think on the contrary Holmes is much more organized as he keeps records of criminals (see THE MAZARIN STONE) He also faces formidable foes. He single handedly ( if you ignore the little help from the police and Mycroft)eliminated Moriarty’s gang. Holmes dueled with master criminals outthought the best of brains and always remained mild mannered.He never took credit at the cost of others.Although Poirot too followed some of his tactics He always boasted of having the best brain in the whole of Europe(see CHOCOLATE BOX).I have grown up listening to Holmes but I had never heard of Poirot until two years ago.So popularity advantage to Holmes. Poirot never faced an enemy like Moriarty and only ran errands for common people and caught petty thieves and hopeless criminals. Holmes All the way.
Let the debate end here.
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Not only is he a more sympathetic character, but his (mis)adventures are THE ORIGINAL mystery adventures, of which other mysteries draw at least some influence. In fact, no disprespect to Poirot, but his novels actually say that he’s the most famous detective “SINCE SHERLOCK HOLMES”… so…
Ahem, anyways, Holmes is also a more complex character, being an arrogant jerk, despite being incredibly clever. But, he’s still a gentleman, and don’t even forget the deductive reasoning, which is the main reason for this character’s fame(infamy… just kidding). Thus, Holmes is the greater character.
Here is somewhat a continuation of what I was saying. . .
Hercule Poirot keeps harping “order and method” all the time. But tell me dear Christie fans, what exactly does he do in an “orderly” and “methodical” way ? He presses his clothes, folds the newspaper, arranges flowers in vases, wears his tie, etc. in a neat methodical fashion. But then, my dears, he is supposed to be a “detective”. Is he any orderly and methodical in his profession ?? Sherlock Holmes is shabby in his appearance but EXTREMELY methodical in his profession and isn’t this what is more important ?? If you are not able to understand what exactly I mean, let me ask bluntly like this: (Answer honestly) IN HOW MANY AGATHA CHRISTIE STORIES YOU ARE ABLE TO STOP READING THE STORY SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE & SAY with conviction THAT (THIS) IS WHAT THE DETECTIVE HAS FOUND OUT SO FAR. (THESE) CHARACTERS ARE ABOVE SUSPICION, (THIS) CHARACTER IS BEING SUSPECTED B’COZ OF (THIS) REASON / CLUE ? That is, CAN YOU EVER SAY when POIROT / MARPLE OR WHOEVER FOUND which ASPECT OF THE CASE ?? You just keep reading page after page after page without knowing where things are heading and suddenly, the “truth” is revealed all at once. It is as though, the author herself felt tired of rambling for so many pages – she could have rambled more if she had wanted to – and so “condescends” to give the solution to the reader ! ( Even then, only how / why the murder was done and NOT HOW IT WAS FOUND OUT like who was suspected when and why, what was noticed, whether the suspicion was confirmed / allayed, etc. are not told whereas Sherlock Holmes explains the whole investigation process right from the moment he was given to investigate till the final solution).
Another, but perhaps minor, point is HP is very fickle. In one story, he would say, “People don’t change” and in another, he would say “people change”. If you look at the context when he makes these statements, both will appeal as “correct” – I mean, he himself doesn’t have any particular approach value to life and says whatever is conveneint to the particular plot of the story !One another such inconsistency is his looking at a lone testimony about something. While very often, he “suspects” it saying “I have only your workd for it”, there are instances when Hastings points it to Poirot, Poirot asks, “But why should he lie ?” However, SH is consistent in his approach to all his investigative endeavours.
Would come back to continue later . . .
Sherlock Holmes is definitely better than Hercule Poirot in ways more than one. I will try and explain some here.
Firstly, I would say that it is SH who “reasons” while HP merely “feels” though he claims he “thinks”. Notice that HP uses “I was not satisfied”, “it didn’t ring true”, “it strucke me as rather odd”, and some such similar phrases to express his suspicions. I mean to say that there is no actual incongruity which HP notices to set him suspecting, whereas SH clearly explains what the culprit had wanted him to think and where exactly he gave himself away !! Even granting that you can’t be “logical” all the time and you DO have hunches at times, you find that he doesn’t actively pursue his suspicions. I mean – he suspected some character and did what after that – tapped his / her phone ? followed him / her to identify who he / she is meeting or what he is doing secretly ? intercepted his / her letters ? overheard any conversations from outside the door / window ? Nothing of the kind ever happens. HP’s saying that he suspected some character, thus, serves only to brainwash the reader to make him beleive that he isdeed is guilty !! That is, after you know who the murderer is, if you re read the book and look at his / her actions and/or words, they MAY give you to “feel” he / she is hiding something or evading some question or something like it – pure verbal trickery- that’s Agatha Christie for you !! (How else will you explain Poirot’s sudden absence from some scenes, but later using the “clues” from these scenes in his conclusions ???) In fact, the element of “mystery” in her stories is achieved only through this and not because of any genuinely unusual sequence of events like what SH had investigated and explained !!
Secondly, I would say that the method of investigation used by a detective should be suitable for identifying the perpretator whoever is and WHEREVER he is at the momnent ! SH scores over HP again here. HP’s way of “reconstructing the crime” is suitable ONLY when the perpetrator is within the confinement – be it a house, plane, ship, library, plane, railway coach, or anything. If the criminal is an outsider (as is more often the case in SH adventures,) Poirot would be in a soup for sure !! Notice that whenever Poirot needs to do something out of the household, like doing background check, gathering info, tracing people, there is always someone ready with the same on a platter for Poirot.(I OFTEN WONDER HOW AGATHA CHRISTIE FANS NEVER REALISED THIS !!) To ONLY conveniently direct the suspicion back to those inside the confined area, HP asks seemingly “logical” questions like “whose word do we have for it that there was a man in the corridor ? (Mystery of the Blue Train), “what evidence do we have for it that it was left in the draw last Friday ? (The Submarine Plans), etc.
Another really annoying point is her way of showing tangible clues cannot help a detective much. Either it is too contrived or it is too superficial !! I feel that it is a direct insult to Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes ! And the best thing is HP has indeed used tangible clues (The Big Four) but doesn’t have the moral courage to accept the same !
Psychology, if you ask me , can be used in a milder sense to elicit some info which the character would conceal consciously (like how SH does in “The Blue Carbuncle”). I mean you have to use your psychological skills with people about the village or locality to collect info about some pasts or secret info about some character.they should not be alarmed that you are a detective and you are spying for some info. With those inside the house, direct questioning can easily be employed to a far greater degree than what HP does.
MANY MORE POINTS ARE THERE –
BUT LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS QUESTION TO ALL AGATHA CHRISTIE FANS !!
Why should Agatha Christie be called a “mystery” writer ? She is a “crime” writer or more specifically a “murder” wirter. “Murder” is such a commonplace crime that the moment you utter the word “crime”, it is murder that strikes you first. So, what’s “mysterious” about it ? Murder is, at the most, “unexpected” !! A “mystery” is some very unusual peculiar incident awaiting explanation by the detective (ex. Noble Bachelor, Red-headed league {and many more} – SH, !!
Sherlock Holmes always gave readers a fair chance, but Poirot purposely put down clues to make us come to the wrong conclusion. Often, he clues all point to one person, without any serious opposition, but Poirot still reveals it to be someone else
Holmes doesn’t feels bloated all the time (unlike Piorot) and none of his stories end up anti-climatic (Piorot’s are usually quite anti-climatic) .
Oh , and no irritating accent for Holmes .
Everything from his science of deduction (really induction) to his breadth and depth of knowledge in chemistry illustrates his superiority.
That and I’ve never cared for Agatha Christie, to be honest.
Holmes (England) is the 1st and Poirot(Belgia) is 2nd,…Shinichi Kudo a.k.a conan edogawa (Japan) is the last, follower of both detective
Holmes is very polite,humble and very intelligent…
His chemistry with watson is fantastic…
He is undoubtedly the better amongst the 2,isnt it elementary, my dears???
Just read the hound of the Baskervilles by doyle and i bet Poirot lovers will change their mind
Doyle is better
Best dectective fiction ever provided
SH is best, he’s influential and has a very interesting character. Thumbs up to Doyle and SH
I think Sherlock Holmes is better, because I heard of it more.
The Poirot stories are very general, cookie-cutter type stories. They are all cliche whodunits. They attempt to make up for unoriginality with intricacy. They are over-elaborate to make up for a lack of plot where Sherlock Holmes’ stories are very original and just complex enough to be believable and not so overly-entangled as to be an obvious fabrication. They are simply not believable, whereas Sherlock Holmes’ stories are perfectly explained and believable. So much so that people are surprised to hear that he wasn’t a real person. Everyone knows that Poirot was fictitious, but some think Holmes was a real person. He even gets letters!
The Sherlock Holmes stories are original. In fact, they are THE original. Poirot, however entertaining, is a series of simple whodunits that are solved by a slightly clever egoist. None have ever surprised or baffled me. I’m sorry, Poirot, but commonplace deductive skills and a mustache do not a great detective make. There is a reason Sherlock Holmes’ methods are still studied today and his stories have never been out of print. He holds the record for being the most portrayed character in television and film with 75 actors and over 211 films. He is, simply the first and the best. Poirot could never stand a chance against him for the simple reason that he had more singular and fascinating creator. To me, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will always be the greater man behind the greatest man who never lived. But I digress. Some have accused Holmes’ stories of being to stuffy and boring; perhaps he is to those who can’t appreciate the subtlety of Sir Doyle’s humor, but they are quite charming and humorous to those who have read and understood them. Dear, I’ve written a lot! And sounded like a right ladida. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate M. Poirot, I just don’t believe he was better than Sherlock Holmes. He could have learned a lesson or two from him, (namely in humility) had he had the right kind of mind. I have a certain affection for the little Belgian, but Sherlock Holmes will forever be etched into my brain as well as in my heart. Funny how someone so devoid of emotion can invoke it so deeply in others.
if you think holmes is boring and has no personality, watch jeremy brett in action!
if you think Holmes is a boring character, please watch jeremy brett in action!
he was best is best will be best because he has true character of a detective no emotions just intelligence will always be the winner if a competition is held b/w poirot and holmes, holmes will solve the case in seconnd while poirot(sucker) will not be able to even complete this case
Sherlock is a very interesting character! He knows what he does and he investigates with his own eyes… I think Poirot very “unreal” because he investigates only with words! If there is something that Inspector Japp doesn’t see, but it’s essential to the case, Poirot would be in bad hands!
Columbo is the best.
Holmes,he deduces better from little details,i thing his method is right for solving mysteries or just show brilliance,Poirot doesnt reveal how he figured it out.
See’s things and deduces things Poirot would simply miss.
sherlock holmes is the best poirot sucks.Only reason why poirot is popular is that americans always like their own version of everything to be better than england’s for example saying that metallica is better than iron maiden poirot is better then sherlock holmes, i am sure if arthur conan doyle was american everyone would have sided with sherlock holmes.poirot’s books are ridiculous for example the one where the murderers turn out to be all the passengers of orient express or the one where the murderer turns out to be a little girl, its obvious sherlock holmes is the best its obvious
Because he’s the originator and more well rounded as a detective (forensics, footwork, evidence) and the crimes are grittier and less self-consciously `mysterious’.
Sherlock Holmes stories draw you in more, and he continues to excite to this day
sherlock holmes has logic and intelligence that impresses all
the complications in his charecter just make the whole thing better
its sad that it came to an end
Sherlock Holmes is a more intreasting character than Poirot, and also the first sucessfull fictional detective. Nearly everyone knows Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr Watson, while not many knows Poirot and Hastings. Hastings aren’t much mentioned as Dr Watson in the books and he isn’t very intresting compare to Watson either.
Agatha Christies Poirot is also a french version of Sherlock Holmes, and is more irritating by his french snobbish apperance. I do like to read an watch Poirot now and then, but I don’t like him. I realy don’t.
it seems that every fictional detective are different version of Holmes. Holmes is the original, and the best. Jeremy Brett is the best as Holmes. No One can be compared to him.
Well, that Holmes was, is and will remain the BEST is beyond doubt, but Poirot also is very interesting (with a touch on the funnier side). Both have their own methods and lets enjoy both of them rather than comparing and complaining. What say?
I like his metal capacity of ovservation and deduction
I think Agatha Christie’s Poirot is copied cat of sherlock holmes.
Poirot have a companion like Watson who is not only dumb but also narrate the story. Police is dumb as ever from the time of Doyle to Agatha Christie. Both have a landlady. Poirot get involved in mystery circumstances similar to Sherlock Holmes. Only difference is Poirot is immensely talented he knows the murderer before the murder itself. Not much clue is needed. The clues is only to mislead the audience.
Sherlock is a much more complicated character than Poirot especially with his drug habits. Also having his “assistant” as a doctor is rather interesting.
Plus Poirot’s “magnificent mustaches” gets old so quickly.
Granted, not many people saw the ending for “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” coming I but generally find most of Agatha Christie’s mysteries (The ones with Hercule Poirot maybe not quite so much as the rest though) too boring and predictable.
Summary: I’m on Sherlock’s side 100%,
A class act
Holmes doesn’t really need a reason to be the best but for one, he was the influence for Poirot.
Holmes always has been the best one.