Have Your Say

Discuss Poirot

Talk about everything Poirot related!

How old are you I mean...

detectivepauljohn 29 Oct 08 at 8 a.m. GMT

Are you an adult/teen/kid who currently loves Agatha Christie till the end? I am a teen how about you?

Login or register to add posts and reply

47 replies

Reverse order

de_misteri 10 Nov 11 at 2:54 a.m. GMT

I'm turning 14 in about 2 weeks :) I've been obsessing over A.C for about a year, on my birthday it all started when I had a murder party, and I watched Death on the Nile to get character ideas! I want to collect as many books as possible!

LauraPoirot 16 Jun 11 at 12:58 p.m. GMT

I'm 14! And A.C. is my favourite since... well... a couple of years

but I started with the film murder in the orient express. half a year later I was also obsessed with the books. My best friend, too. I could infect her with reading them but my second friend doesn't understand why we love reading classics.

@ ArlenaSMarshall: I'm just preparing a book presentation for school 'bout five little pigs!

binki 02 Apr 09 at 2:27 p.m. GMT

Hi,I am 15 and i start reading four year ago

ArlenaSMarshall 29 Mar 09 at 10:48 p.m. GMT

Dindda-

You're not boring me. I thought I was boring you!!! Have you read 5 little pigs? I just watched the movie and I thought it was good. I'll probably read next once I finish The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

DinddaPoirotLover 29 Mar 09 at 6:28 p.m. GMT

Sorry for not replying earlier, but thanks for the suggestions.

ArlenaSMarshall-

Thanks. I went to a bookstore and bought ( well, to be fair, my dad actually did the the buying ) And Then There Were None and Murder On The Orient Express. I read Murder On The Orient Express first and I have re-read it at least ten times. ( I knew the ending, as I have already watched the film adaptation with Albert Finney ) When I read And Then There Were None, I was desperate to find out the identity of the murderer.

I guess I am boring you all to tears. I'll stop... NOW.

ArlenaSMarshall 27 Mar 09 at 10:33 p.m. GMT

Dindda-

I strongly reccomend you read And Then There Were None. It's her absolute best novel hands down.

ArlenaSMarshall 27 Mar 09 at 10:31 p.m. GMT

Hi-

I'm a teen and I just started reading her novels. WOW are they good!

lava 24 Mar 09 at 4:38 a.m. GMT

I am 13 and started reading agatha christie when i was 12. avery close friend of my mom gifted me mrs mcginty's dead and since then i just love AC. I also like Paulo cohelo and Harry potter.

sapphire_arisa 24 Mar 09 at 3:59 a.m. GMT

I'm 13. So I think I'm between an adult and a kid. I started loving Agatha since I was 10 or younger. Agatha Christie is the best mystery writer ever!!!!!!

Madeleinn 19 Jan 09 at 3:39 a.m. GMT

waw! I thought it would be one of the youngest! that good that so many teens, thanks detectivepauljohn for recommending this book! I want to read it XD! kisses.

Japp164 18 Jan 09 at 4:17 p.m. GMT

I am a teen who has only been reading for a year but Im obsessed with them just as much as anyone else here...ok well almost as oobsessed...

Lone_Wolf 07 Jan 09 at 10:47 a.m. GMT

I'm 18. My Christie obsession started at 13.

cinnamonhead 06 Jan 09 at 11:30 p.m. GMT

My first book was "And then there was None." I read it in high school, but here in New York channel 11 would always show the original movie, so I could compare the ending with the book. I am now 41 and have most of her books and movies, nothing is better on a rainy day than a visit with Miss Marple Or Poirot!

bear11 31 Dec 08 at 2:27 p.m. GMT

I'm 11 and I started Acs last year. I'm really enjoying them and I'm very grateful 2 my aunt who gave me all the ones she had when she was little.(a lot)

Det13jack 28 Dec 08 at 7:03 p.m. GMT

I'm 14 and I started reading Agatha Christie when I was 12. The book was in my school library. It was "The ABC Murders".

Holly 17 Dec 08 at 4:27 p.m. GMT

I started reading AC when I felt I had outgrown 'The Famous Five'. I'm not sure how old I was then, but I'm 28 (nearly 29) now and still love rereading the books over and over again, especially the Poirot books. I also like to listen to the audio books.

I think 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' is a good book to start with, being the first Poirot.

marmalade_sunrise 11 Dec 08 at 8:31 p.m. GMT

Oh well sorry dindda, but I'm certain that in the UK you would still have an easy time finding Christie novels at the library, even if the system works differently.

DinddaPoirotLover 11 Dec 08 at 4:32 p.m. GMT

Thanks everyone, for your suggestions. I know most of the names, but not alot about them, so I wanted to ask here. marmalade sunrise, I am not in the US, I live in the UK.

detectivepauljohn 11 Dec 08 at 9:57 a.m. GMT

marmalade_sunrise

I also like the Murder at the Vicarage. My fave detective is also Hercule Poirot. I love David Suchet being the famous Hercule Poirot.

marmalade_sunrise 11 Dec 08 at 7:17 a.m. GMT

...hey to dinddapoirotlover...check the library. You can even check the library search engine and find all the Christie mysteries that are in the entire county -not just your local branch where you live- if you are in the United States.

marmalade_sunrise 11 Dec 08 at 7:13 a.m. GMT

I am 31 and my earliest memories of Agatha Christie mysteries were actually seeing television versions when I was three or four years old. Believe it or not, that initial impression of the "atmosphere" of Christie's work lodged itself in my mind and formed a life-long love of mysteries. For the past few years I've really been reading a lot of her novels, and I'm particularly focused on the Poirot mysteries, though I do love Murder at the Vicarage which is a Miss Marple. Hercule Poirot is my favorite of her detectives, and Ariadne Oliver is the second fave. I listen to the audio books, and I'm currently watching some of the DVDs with David Suchet as Poirot.

detectivepauljohn 10 Dec 08 at 9:34 a.m. GMT

DinddaPoirotLover

I recommend you Death On the Nile, Evil Under the Sun and also Hallowe'en Party and of course, And Then There Were None, her masterpiece.

ariadnepoirotmarple 08 Dec 08 at 7:07 p.m. GMT

Hi DinddaPoirotLover! I think you should start with the first Poirot, The Mysterious Affait at Styles. Then you could read Death on The Nile, Evil Under The Sun, Lord Edgware Dies etc.

DinddaPoirotLover 08 Dec 08 at 1:38 p.m. GMT

Well, I`m 11 but I haven`t read any Agatha Christie books... yet. Haven`t found her books, but I haven`t searched in big book stores. The thing which I think all us people here is reading. I love reading - and drawing. Back to my point - what Agatha Christie Poirot [ACP] book is the best to start with? Or what was your favourite book/s?

StJohnSmythe 08 Dec 08 at 6:21 a.m. GMT

Seems most people start their AC addiction when they're around 12. I also started at 12. Now I'm 30 and still a fan! I remember one particular experience when I was 12, my first AC. It was the Mysterious Affair at Styles, and I couldn't guess the murderer, and when Poirot finally revealed the culprit it was almost like an ecstatic experience for me (I remember the feeling), and from then on I was hooked.

But I remember when I was 12 none of my friends could understand why I would be reading those books. That was back in 1990. Even those that liked books weren't into AC. So I had nobody to share the pleasure with. Luckily later in my life I met a woman who was also a AC fan, and we're married since last year.

Linnet_burnett 08 Dec 08 at 3:20 a.m. GMT

I am 19 and have been reading Ac since i was 12

detectivepauljohn 05 Dec 08 at 11:01 a.m. GMT

Madeleinn

yes. Keep reading her books. I'll recommend you Evil Under the Sun.

ruthE 03 Dec 08 at 5:05 a.m. GMT

Hello. I am 19 and have been reading AC since I was...I don't know but at least by middle school. I actually got hooked on her stories by watching Poirot on PBS when I was really little. It was my favorite thing on tv. Somewhere in the 4th or 5th grade my parents bought a couple of her books to see if I would like those too and I have been reading and rereading them ever since.

PisiMare 02 Dec 08 at 8:10 p.m. GMT

Hi

I'm 22 years old and I love detectiv stories. AC is the best!!!

Madeleinn 30 Nov 08 at 11:30 p.m. GMT

hello, I'm also a teen, I am 13 and I love to read Agatha Christie! my friends really do not like but I do not care! I started to read them in January this year, roughly. My first book was ... Death on the Nile. (I think).I like the computer games, too. I also love reading Harry Potter and Narnia.

Dianala 30 Nov 08 at 11:10 p.m. GMT

Hi! How are you ? I am a teen and I really like Agatha Christie and of course lot of other british writers but I enjoy reading Best Sellers such as Twilight and HP but Agatha Christie could demostated me that my favourite stories are the detective ones.

Dianala 30 Nov 08 at 11:04 p.m. GMT

hi!!!!!!!!

DinddaPoirotLover 22 Nov 08 at 12:29 p.m. GMT

I am 11, so I am a... pre-teen? I`m not too sure... Most people my age do not find reading at all interesting, but I do. I have tried to find AC Poirot books, but haven`t been successful. Which ACP books could you suggest? Thanks, in advance.

detectivepauljohn 22 Nov 08 at 6:24 a.m. GMT

nchsnichen1995

I haven't read that yet. Is that book Murder On the Orient Express good?

nchsnichen1995 21 Nov 08 at 10:43 a.m. GMT

I am 13 years old.I started reading my 1st AC book(The murder on the orient express)during the winter holidays just this year.

El_Wara 20 Nov 08 at 1:29 a.m. GMT

I start reading AC books when I was 12, the first one I read was Sparkling Cyanide (I think its called this way in english, in spanish is Cianuro Espumoso). I live in Mexico, and I can't make friends because I like to read.

So I must select between friends and AC books, and I proudly selected Dame Agatha Christie books.

go_leafs_nation 01 Nov 08 at 12:24 p.m. GMT

I read my first AC book two years ago when I was 13. It took me a little over a year to read them all.

As for whether my friends love or hate reading, they will do it for English class, but rarely will you see them pick up an actuall novel of their own accord.

Ferguson_37 01 Nov 08 at 10:37 a.m. GMT

I'm seventeen have read Christie for almost two years, my first was Murder on the Orient Express. I recognize what you are saying aripoimar and detpj, most of my friends neither love nor hate reading, they read when the teacher tells them to. It's mostly TV or the computer that amazes young people these days, but I have also noticed old people falling for all technology and forget the book treasure we've got. Sad indeed!

detectivepauljohn 31 Oct 08 at 1:42 p.m. GMT

Only majority of teens love romances like Twighlight

detectivepauljohn 31 Oct 08 at 1:41 p.m. GMT

ariadnepoirotmarple

Teens don't cares about reading? I still think that we are the teens and some of my friends also love reading, my other friends hates reading because they are just using techies(like me).

detectivepauljohn 31 Oct 08 at 1:39 p.m. GMT

tanvi

My first book is also Evil Under the Sun

ariadnepoirotmarple 30 Oct 08 at 1:58 p.m. GMT

I was 9 when I read my first AC book and I got hooked! I have always been a strange girl, I don't like technology, I just love everything classical. In my school, nobody cares about reading so it's good to be here.

tanvi 30 Oct 08 at 6:51 a.m. GMT

I am 14 yrs old.I started reading my 1st AC book(Evil under the sun) during the Christmas holidays!

detectivepauljohn 30 Oct 08 at 6:25 a.m. GMT

heyfinny

  I really love reading books and using technology like my Ipod, computers, watching television and more and when I played a game called Death On the Nile, I heard that it was a book so I bought the books until I began liking her works and pc games. Agatha Christie books are really NOT for adults only but also for teens and some kids. My uncle loves reading books by Agatha Christie when he was a teen. Anyway I also love reading Harry Potter and Narnia books and some comedies. My fave AC book is Death On the Nile.

squatty 29 Oct 08 at 7:09 p.m. GMT

I am 49 and read my first AC novel in 1984. I was on Paddington station waiting for a train to take us on holiday to Devon. I popped into the bookshop on the platform and picked up "Evil Under The Sun". By the end of the week's holiday I had brought a further five novels and by the end of that year and read most of her books. I re-read them approximately every three years.

heyfinny 29 Oct 08 at 2:33 p.m. GMT

I was just a bit younger than the two of you when my love for Dame Agatha Christie started. I already was a hugh fan of trains, then my mother told me about this book she had read a few years before titled Murder on the Orient Express. I was hooked even though it was a bit complicated for me at the time I knew the rest of life I would be infatuated with her. None of my friends could understand what it was that I liked about her, they were still playing with dress up and dolls. You two are very lucky that you are beginning your enjoyment of her works in this age of technogoly. You have so much more access to information than I did. Good luck to the two of you with your AC books.

ariadnepoirotmarple 29 Oct 08 at 2:09 p.m. GMT

I am 12 years old, so I don't really know if I am a kid or a teen.