Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot

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Sherlock Holmes

Hercule Poirot

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Sherlock Holmes vs Hercule Poirot

Still remains as topic of feud for their respective fans and readers.

I am reader of both & my vote goes for Mr Holmes.

The stories are more realistic, where he is visiting crime scenes taking samples, his cases include clues + witnesses, while Poirot solely relies on witnesses

Also in many Poirot stories though they are interesting at the end as a reader you feel that any other alternate closure was possible but things just happened as Poirot guessed or concluded them ( for eg his famous orient express case. He randomly remembers a case happened years ago and assumes every member related to that case is here and case happenings fit to his logic. There are some more like that). Still reading him or Holmes both are pleasure

So what's your take readers ....whom do you prefer?

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

Both have their merits in the original written stories but both have character flaws by virtue of what they do.

It never sits well with me just how they can afford to do what they do without demonstrating how they earn a living.

At least that aspect is covered in Poirot's last story which sees an impoverished old man confessing to Hastings (whom he hadn't seen in years) how he discovered a serial killer and killed him.

Holmes suffers from being that typical thing of being perceived an Edwardian gentleman..... but I don't recall whether he actually was or whether it was just a perception.

And as for their assistants.....ever known a Doctor so dim or an army Captain likewise ?