Oh, yeah. 100% unreliable narrator. For me half the horror is never getting a clear understanding of what is happening (and if anything is even happening at all); it's the same kind of horror we get from Gilman in The Yellow Wallpaper.
I love the idea of Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague in cahoots with each other; there's that scene where Eleanor (and maybe Theo, too; not sure) overhears Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague having a normal people conversation in which the words "no one will hear you scream" is not uttered even once LOL and I love the idea of them being old childhood friends or whatever.
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I love the idea of Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague in cahoots with each other; there's that scene where Eleanor (and maybe Theo, too; not sure) overhears Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Montague having a normal people conversation in which the words "no one will hear you scream" is not uttered even once LOL and I love the idea of them being old childhood friends or whatever.