Was so close to 5 stars!! SPOILERS!!! - Rated 
I own every novel of the series and love them all regardless of whether they were any good or not. A matter of honour and the cost of honour are my all time fav's with survival of the fittest, Roswell and siren song coming in last, they are also the latest.
I got a pleasant surprise therefore when I read The Barque of Heaven. I had actually started to go off the novels due to the last three which quite frankly bored me. But this one defiantly rates high. It's as good in my mind to city of the gods or at least coming up close. The story is entertaining, not laugh out loud humour but enough to make you smirk and the characters are quite well developed.
So why not 5 stars? Quite frankly, it began to drag. In the TV show the characters all have their emotional problems which change and progress each week, in this novel; they have one problem each particularity Daniel to which we are subjected to at least a page of insecurities per chapter. I will emphasis the word LEAST. In Daniel's case his concern is finding his wife. As we already know the outcome of this particular story line his insistent whining just started to bug me. I felt like screaming `I get it, move on' every time I came across this bit in the chapter, which is woven into the entire story line so you can't just skip it. I mean, at the start you felt for him, but we already know what happened to her so it's like reading the end of the book and finding out everyone dies. Trying to read it after that is pointless and every time Daniel muses over Sha're I found I cared less and less. Not to mention they all seem way to open with their feeling. It was like watching soap or something. There were fights which suddenly turned into these scenes which were just weird. All loved up or something. I got the expression that everyone was in love with each other at one point.
The other thing which bugged me was there was supposed to be test on kind for each planet they gate to. Although they get tired, hungry and injured, on a lot of planets their amazing test turned out to be endurance of horrible weather and translating symbols. Not that I like to read about them suffering or anything, I just felt it was a bit easy if it is supposed to be this deadly trial undertaken by people who can't exactly die.
Apart from that it's a great novel and a great read. After reading this you may even be able to laugh a bit at the parts I mentioned.
It is after all only my opinion so if you don't agree that's fine.
Entertaining Team Adventure - Rated 
Having some mixed feelings about TV tie-ins, I was relieved to find this novel delivered exactly what the blurb described and that the author is clearly someone familiar with the series, its history, and its characters. The novel is a thoroughly entertaining action story, with the team having to undergo a series of trials which test their intelligence, their courage, their determination and, at times, their bond of friendship with one another. There were some very pleasant surprises along the way, most notably mentions of events from the Stargate movie. The author manages to weave together both series and movie canon to offer explanations for differences between the two, notably the origin of Ra. The series' universe is treated with respect, while being added to in ways that enrich it, with the author creating worlds and races and a history that fit right in with what we know of the series.
This is an adventure that would fit right into the series itself. The characters are spot on, always true to their series selves, and all have chances to shine. The team and teamwork is solid, with each member contributing their unique skills, while maintaining a strong sense of friendship and a unity so strong that, as Jack thinks to himself, secretly he'd always believed that the four of them together could handle anything the universe could throw at them.
If you are looking for a story that offers a team of strongly bonded friends, an adventure that grips and makes you believe this could have been an episode of the series itself, then this book is one I think you'll enjoy.
Great team story - Stargate back to its roots - Rated
While various of these new SG-1 books haven't really been up to scratch character and plot-wise, Barque of Heaven has broken the pattern. This is a story from the old days of classic SG-1, with Jack, Daniel, Sam and Teal'c acting like a real team. There are challenges for each member of the team to face - personal, intellectual and physical - some together, some individually, but always interesting and often surprising. This is a quest in the classic sense of Joseph Campbell, with the prize being escape and survival.
In terms of writing, the characterisation is spot on, plot goes at a cracking pace, and the worlds visited by the team are so widely varied it's obvious the author had a great time creating them. The editing isn't perfect (it never is in these books), though there are far fewer mistakes this time around - something this reader appreciated in particular. Well worth the purchase.
Great team story! - Rated
I received an advance copy of the book, Stargate SG1: The Barque of Heaven and just recently finished reading it. I am very pleased to say that this story hearkens back to the good old team adventure days. There's something for everyone to do, some really nice team and character moments, with a bit more emphasis on Daniel & Jack. This book reminds me WHY SG1 is the team that I love; they aren't just a team, they are a family and in the story it shows. I wish I could go into further detail as there is just so much that I would like to discuss, but unfortunately that would require spoiling the story. Suffice to say that I recommend this story to anyone who is a team `gen' fan who enjoys the team embark on an (mis)adventure
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